Packhouse Action Group (PAG)

The PAG was established to serve the pome fruit industry.
It conducts projects and seminars for the benefit of packhouses.

Hortgro Packhouse Action Group 01
Hortgro Packhouse Action Group 02

OBJECTIVES OF THE PAG:

  • Stimulate innovation/ testing and introduction of new technologies/adoption of proven technologies
  • Identify issues to make industry more competitive – world leaders
  • Identify priorities /address industry needs through research
  • Address availability of capacity/skills/ education/information dissemination
  • Serve as an industry communication forum to producers and stakeholders, including Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF)
  • Market/logistics intelligence

FIELDS OF OPERATION INCLUDE:

  • Engineering
  • Packaging
  • Environmental footprint
  • Packhouse
  • Post-Harvest
  • Logistics
  • Communication

Download Documents

Logistics

Con Louw - Container Loading [ Download ] [ View ] 1.16 MB
Container Booking and Scheduling - September 2011 [ Download ] [ View ] 187.46 KB
Container Handling Procedures [ Download ] [ View ] 797.21 KB
Container Scheduling Proposals [ Download ] [ View ] 97.39 KB
Container Scheduling Report - May 2010 [ Download ] [ View ] 230.57 KB
Jaco Visagie - Trends in Container Technology and Supply [ Download ] [ View ] 1.09 MB
Johan Strydom - Container Checklist [ Download ] [ View ] 497.31 KB
Johan Strydom - Elements of Container Loading [ Download ] [ View ] 439.54 KB
PPECB Role in Loading Containers [ Download ] [ View ] 1.36 MB
Richard van Schalkwyk - Transnet Container Loading [ Download ] [ View ] 825.83 KB

2017

Logistics - J Strydom (2017-05-18) [ Download ] [ View ] 366.38 KB
PAG Container Utilization - K Bouwer (2017-05-18) [ Download ] [ View ] 786.10 KB

Postharvest

2022

HORTGRO PAG - May 2022 - Tito Spaldi [ Download ] [ View ] 12.99 MB
Ozone as a PostHarvest Tool - Gas At Site - Andrew Brink [ Download ] [ View ] 1.08 MB
Protocol for Dynamic Controlled Atmosphere Storage of SA Apple and Pear Culivars (2017) [ Download ] [ View ] 1.06 MB

2020

Hortgro Postharvest Pome Fruit Research - Wiehann Steyn [ Download ] [ View ] 1.18 MB
CO2 in apple and pear storage - Robert Prange [ Download ] [ View ] 10.41 MB
‘Cripps’ Pink’ internal browning and long term storage - H Tayler, E Crouch, D Viljoen [ Download ] [ View ] 3.45 MB
In control with my fruit - Niels Remmelink [ Download ] [ View ] 6.20 MB
Optimum storage conditions for ‘Abate Fetel’ pears - Anél Botes [ Download ] [ View ] 1.50 MB

2019

CA Manual Revised (31 January 2019) [ Download ] [ View ] 2.54 MB
‘Quo Vadis’ – long term CA storage regimes of Cripps’ Pink apples and fruit quality [ Download ] [ View ] 3.43 MB
Long-term controlled atmosphere storage techniques on ‘Granny Smith’ apples [ Download ] [ View ] 5.42 MB
DCA adoption in the USA [ Download ] [ View ] 3.07 MB
Optimum storage conditions for ‘Abate Fetel’ pears [ Download ] [ View ] 3.27 MB
The effect of DPA on internal browning of Cripps’ Pink apples [ Download ] [ View ] 2.39 MB
CA Technology and Low Oxygen Research Update [ Download ] [ View ] 1.58 MB

2018

RLOS on Packhams’ Triumph [ Download ] [ View ] 1.10 MB
The effect of DPA [ Download ] [ View ] 1.31 MB

Packhouse

2017

Pakhuis Benchmarking - P de Bruyn (2017-05-18) [ Download ] [ View ] 416.65 KB
Productivity SA Presentation - Christel Potgieter (2017-05-18) [ Download ] [ View ] 558.98 KB

Packaging

Huhtamaki Fruit [ Download ] [ View ] 2.01 MB
Review of packaging and packaging waste rules [ Download ] [ View ] 1.23 MB

Environmental

2023

PAG Water. Project Benchmark Results - Phase 5 - Final Report [ Download ] [ View ] 557.14 KB
PAG Energy Project Benchmark Results - Phase 2 - Final Report [ Download ] [ View ] 507.91 KB

2022

PAG Energy Project Benchmark Results - Phase 1 [ Download ] [ View ] 299.55 KB
PAG Water Project Benchmark Results - Phase 5 [ Download ] [ View ] 594.67 KB
PAG Water and Electricity - Benchmark Results - Phase 4 - Dianca Yssel [ Download ] [ View ] 1,005.51 KB
PAG Water Project Benchmark Results - Phase 4 [ Download ] [ View ] 1.49 MB

Engineering

2022

ECOCAST Tilt-Up Construction PowerPoint Presentation - Evert Lategan [ Download ] [ View ] 3.78 MB

2017

PAG Engineering - K Bouwer (2017-05-18) [ Download ] [ View ] 310.69 KB

Communication

2023

Fresh Notes 209 - PAG Feedback (November 2023) [ Download ] [ View ] 322.95 KB
Fresh Notes 207 - PAG Feedback (August 2023) [ Download ] [ View ] 1.25 MB
Fresh Notes 205 - PAG Feedback (March 2023) [ Download ] [ View ] 430.55 KB

2022

Fresh Notes 201 - PAG Feedback (Nov 2022) [ Download ] [ View ] 430.39 KB
Fresh Notes 198 - PAG Feedback (Aug 2022) [ Download ] [ View ] 264.42 KB
Fresh Notes 194 - PAG Feedback (March 3) [ Download ] [ View ] 358.28 KB

2021

Fresh Notes 188 - PAG Feedback (August 16) [ Download ] [ View ] 355.68 KB
Fresh Notes 186 - PAG Feedback (March 21) [ Download ] [ View ] 480.35 KB

2020

Fresh Notes 182 – PAG Feedback (November 20) [ Download ] [ View ] 644.36 KB
Fresh Notes 180 – PAG Feedback (August 20) [ Download ] [ View ] 193.16 KB
Fresh Notes 174 – PAG Feedback (March 20) [ Download ] [ View ] 461.75 KB

2019

Fresh Notes 165 – PAG Feedback (Dec 19) [ Download ] [ View ] 260.93 KB
Fresh Notes 162 – PAG Feedback (Aug 19) [ Download ] [ View ] 382.62 KB
Fresh Notes 158 – PAG Feedback (March 19) [ Download ] [ View ] 316.00 KB
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