The Impact of Postharvest Losses
Postharvest disorders or losses in
quality have economic impacts vastly
greater than the actual losses caused by
frequency and intensity of their
occurrence. For example there are
direct financial losses incurred by the
grower from batches of fruit
expressing the disorder. Direct losses
can also cause financial losses for
postharvest operators and marketers. If
the problem arises more than once then
there is increased quality compliance
costs that arise from systems being put
in place to monitor all lines and isolate
problem batches. An intermittent and
unpredictable disorder occurring in the