Assisting Specialty Crop Exports: Low Oxygen Storage and Packaging Systems for U.S. Tree Nuts with Phytosanitary Traceability

Tree nuts and other durable specialty crops mostly rely on fumigation or freezing to clear other countries' insect and pesticide-residue rules before export, and both options are expensive and slow down the supply chain.

Low-oxygen storage and packaging is already used by tree nut handlers to control pests and preserve quality without chemical residue, but there's no efficient, non-invasive way t…