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During the handling of packaged beans in the processing facility, packaging material fragments may potentially contaminate the product. Various opening procedures and seaming techniques have been utilized to reduce this potential contamination. Research has demonstrated that polypropylene fragments do not undergo any significant leaching or physical restructuring to pose significant health hazards to consumers (Bolles et al. 1982). Bags are brightly colored, typically to facilitate easy detection and removal prior to final filling and processing. It is essential that the retail and bulk packaged beans are maintained in a clean and segregated manner to ensure wholesome food container shipment. Under these conditions, it is recognized that segregated bags designated “edible beans only” will provide valuable recycle potential within good manufacturing practice guidelines. Totes must be maintained to secure integrity among commercial classes of beans to avoid cross contamination of mixed colors and sizes (Uebersax and Siddiq 2012). To minimize these potential quality concerns, color‐coding of totes to designate commercial classes (e.g., navy, black, and others) is a recommended practice.