Tex. Agric. Code § 92.023 · Subchapter C. CONTAINERS, GRADES, AND PACKS
FANCY TOMATO PACKS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The standard packs for a six-basket crate of fancy tomatoes are:
(1) 72's, which are packed by placing 2 and 2 alternately in 3 rows, 2 layers high, 6 to the layer, blossom end up, 12 to the basket;
(2) 84's, which are packed by placing 2 and 2 alternately in 4 rows on edge, 8 to the layer for the first layer, 2 and 2 alternately in 3 rows, flat, blossom end up, 6 to the layer for the second layer, and 3 and 3 alternately in 3 rows on edge, blossom end out, 9 to the layer for the third or last layer, 15 to the basket; and
(3) 108's, which are packed by placing 3 and 3 alternately in 3 rows on edge, 9 to the layer for the first layer, and 3 and 3 alternately in 3 rows on edge, blossom end out, 9 to the layer for the second or last layer, 18 to the basket.
(b) The standard packs for a four-basket crate of fancy tomatoes are:
(1) 48's, which are packed by placing 2 and 2 alternately in 3 rows, flat, blossom end up, 6 to the layer for the first layer, and 2 and 2 alternately in 3 rows, flat, blossom end up, 6 to the layer for the second or last layer, 12 to the basket;
(2) 56's, which are packed by placing 2 and 2 alternately in 4 rows on edge, 8 to the layer for the first layer, and 2 and 2 alternately in 3 rows, flat, blossom end up, 6 to the layer for the second or last layer, 14 to the basket;
(3) 60's, which are packed by placing 2 and 2 alternately in 3 rows, flat, blossom end up, 6 to the layer for the first layer, and 3 and 3 alternately in 3 rows on edge, blossom end out, 9 to the layer for the second or last layer, 15 to the basket;
(4) 64's, which are packed by placing 2 and 2 alternately in 3 rows, flat, blossom end up, 6 to the layer for the first layer, and 1 and 2 alternately in 7 rows, on edge, blossom end out, 10 to the layer, 16 to the basket; and
(5) 72's, which are packed by placing 3 and 3 alternately in 3 rows on edge, 9 to the layer for the first layer, and 3 and 3 alternately in 3 rows on edge, blossom end out, 9 to the layer for the second or last layer, 18 to the basket.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1231, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/AG/htm/AG.92.htm
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