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B) Tin foil packages 28g (package 6 x 28g = 168g)C) Glass jars· 1g jar (package 6 x 1g = 6g and 6 x 6g = 36g)· 2g jar (package 6 x 2g = 12g and 6 x 12g = 72g)Organic saffron is packed:Α) In threads within glass jar:· 1g jar (package 2 x 1g = 2g)Β) In threads within plastic boxes:· 0,5g box (package 12 x 0,5g = 6g)C) in bags as powder:· 1g (package 12 x 1g = 12g and 6 x 12g = 72g and 12 x 12g = 144g)· 0,5g (package 12 x 0,5g = 6g)· 0,25g (package 40 x 0,25g = 10g and 12 x 10g = 120g)· 0,125g (package 4 x 0,124g = 0,50g)A3.3.2 Packaging processIn Castile-La Mancha, (producers – traders) all packaging stagesof saffron, from filling to etiquette attaching, are performed by hand. Itis not common for the producers-traders to apply mechanized procedures.Despite the fact that some packaging enterprises have tried to mechanizepackaging of saffron threads, the majority of the saffron sector carriesout this task by hand. The manual procedures involved are weighingand cleaning. Due to the fragility of the threads that should not breakand the need for accurate weighing, mechanization becomes impossible.Precession scales are used for Saffron weighing in small portions andthe maximum admissible variation is strictly defined by law and relatesto production criteria and customer demands. Saffron powder packed inone use packages belongs to the mechanized tasks carried out by packers– distributors. This procedure is very well developed and packagingenterprises use great efficiency and dosing accuracy machines. Thesame machine can also attach etiquettes on the package.In Sardinia (producer – trader), packaging is carried out by handin most of the cases. Only large-scale enterprises perform mechanizedpackaging with machines that grind the stigmas and supply appropriatedosing. In Sardinia there are only two enterprises of that kind.In Western Macedonia (producer – trader), saffron stigmas areweighted and packed by hand. The self-adhesive etiquettes on the out-136