Compatibility of Fruits and Vegetables During Transport in Mixed Loads

Werner J. Lipton and John M. Harvey

No 313274, Marketing Research Reports from United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service, Transportation and Marketing Program

Abstract: Excerpts from the report: Shippers or receivers of fresh fruits and vegetables frequently prefer to handle shipments that consist of more than one commodity, the so-called mixers. In mixed loads, it is important to combine only those commodities that are compatible with respect to their requirements for (1) temperature, (2) modified atmosphere, (3) relative humidity, and (4) protection from odors or (5) from physiologically active gases, such as ethylene. To facilitate the choice of compatible crops and to help avoid shipments of undesirable combinations, we have prepared the ensuing compatibility tables in which about 85 crops are placed into nine compatibility groups. All factors enumerated above were considered in the groupings. Compatible commodities are those that can be shipped together without adverse effects on any one of them during the usual maximum transit period for the most perishable commodity in the load. Compatibility does not imply that crops in the same group now normally are, or likely will be, shipped together, but merely that they may be shipped together if circumstances demand it.

Keywords: Crop Production/Industries; Marketing; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 10
Date: 1977-05
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.313274

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