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A method of transporting a quantity of a comestible which may be subject to degradation as a result of respiration during transportation, comprising the steps of: (a) sealing or substantially sealing said quantity of the respiring comestible within a container as hereinbefore described sufficiently

A method of transporting a quantity of a comestible which may be subject to degradation as a result of respiration during transportation, comprising the steps of: (a) sealing or substantially sealing said quantity of the respiring comestible within a container as hereinbefore described sufficiently to ensure that less oxygen of the ambient air can diffuse into the container than is required for full respiration by the respiring comestible, flushing the container with an oxygen low or oxygen free gas so as to provide a reduced oxygen level in the sealed or substantially sealed container, such flushing occurring before, during and/or after said sealing or substantial sealing, and (b) transporting the container with the respiring comestible therein while (i) monitoring the oxygen level within said container and automatically adjusting the oxygen level as necessary by a positive infusion of ambient air into the container in response to such monitoring towards an optimum or predetermined value or range of values and (ii) monitoring the carbon dioxide level within said container and adjusting the carbon dioxide level as necessary in response to such monitoring towards an optimum or predetermined value or range of values without reliance upon flushing with an oxygen low or oxygen free gas, said adjustment being firstly by means of a scrubbing of the air within said container but if necessary may additionally or instead include a positive infusion of ambient air into the container.

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A method of transporting a quantity of at least one respiring comestible selected from plants, fruits and vegetables comprising the steps of: loading a quantity of said at least one respiring comestible into a container; sealing the container sufficiently to insure that less oxygen from ambient air

A method of transporting a quantity of at least one respiring comestible selected from plants, fruits and vegetables comprising the steps of: loading a quantity of said at least one respiring comestible into a container; sealing the container sufficiently to insure that less oxygen from ambient air can diffuse into the container than is required for respiration by said quantity and sufficient to insure production of carbon dioxide by said quantity as a result of the respiration greater than can diffuse from the container; flushing the container with a gas low in oxygen concentration to reduce the oxygen concentration in the container atmosphere; and transporting the container, including the quantity of respiring comestible, while monitoring the oxygen concentration and carbon dioxide concentration within the container and adjusting, as necessary, the oxygen level within the container by a positive infusion of ambient air into the container in response to said monitoring toward a desired value or range of values and monitoring the carbon dioxide level as necessary in response to said monitoring toward a desired value or range of values by positive infusion of ambient air into the container.