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(i) paying any expenses incurred in repacking the
produce if the pallets or cartons were torn, broken, or
crushed when the produce arrived;
(j) destroying or returning to the grower any produce
that petitioner found unsatisfactory;
(k) employing salespeople who negotiated the sales
terms, including the price to be paid for the produce;
(l) invoicing the sales;
(m) arranging with the purchaser shipping schedules of
the produce from petitioner's warehouses;
(n) loading sold produce onto the trucks of the
purchaser;
(o) collecting from the purchaser the proceeds from the
produce sales and crediting the growers' accounts when the
produce was sold;
(p) performing all duties associated with collecting
the proceeds from the sales of produce, including filing
PACA claims with respect to uncollected accounts;
(q) liquidating the growers' accounts;5
(r) making final liquidations by disbursing funds from
a grower's liquidation account at the end of the growing
5A grower liquidation is the payment to the grower of the
difference between the sales price and the charges and costs for
selling the grower's produce.
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