How does the Horticulture Code apply to packing houses?
The Code does not contain any specific reference to packing houses (or packing sheds). The application of the Code to transactions involving packing houses will therefore be determined according to the circumstances of each case. A transaction between a packing house and a grower will be regulated by the Code if the packing house acts as either: • a merchant (purchasing and then on-selling the grower’s horticulture produce), or • an agent (selling the grower’s horticulture produce on behalf of the grower). Additionally, if the owner of a packing house grows their own horticulture produce for sale they will be a grower for the purposes of the Code. The following four common scenarios illustrate the application of the Horticulture Code to packing houses.
