The packing process includes "pregrading" the fruit to separate the "ready to pack" fruit from fruit that may be wet which requires a day or two of sun drying. Also, it is at this time that any unripe dates and blemished dates are removed.

Once all dates have gone through the pregrading process they are then rolled between damp terry cloth towels to clean off any dust remaining from the field. As they travel down the conveyor belt they are graded according to size and minor skin blemishes.

The boxes are palletized, put into a zero freezer and made ready to ship. Key to this part of the quality process is to keep the product frozen at zero degrees fahrenheit (-18 degrees C) as this will keep the product as good as it was the day it came off the tree.