Posted on August 4, 2021
CHATHAM CO., Ga. (WTGS) — NLaws Produce announced a new relationship with the Georgia Ports Authority (GPA), the Georgia Department of Agriculture and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on Tuesday.
According to a release, in May, an employee of GDA introduced NLaws to representatives of Georgia Fresh Pack (GFP). GFP repacks fruit for The Wonderful Company and knew of the need for a refrigerated container freight station. Meetings were then started with GPA and CBP.
As a result of this relationship, NLaws created a new venture, NLaws Refrigerated Port Services. Sharing space in the company’s current 50,000 square-foot refrigerated warehouse near the Port of Savannah, the new enterprise is a CBP authorized licensed container freight station.
The refrigerated facility allows CBP to perform required produce inspections without breaking the 34-degree cold chain, which otherwise would negatively affect the produce because it raises the storage temperature.
All of the CBP inspections are performed in a bonded warehouse space, which is critical to ensuring proper inspections.
The first company to use the new service will be The Wonderful Company, which owns several consumer brands, including Wonderful Halos, Wonderful Pistachios, POM Wonderful and more. NLaws expects to receive 17 containers from Los Angeles-based Wonderful within the next two weeks.
Initially, it will be citrus coming through the facility, starting with mandarin oranges from Peru. It will then shift to blueberries and avocados.
