An improved method and system for packaging horticultural products for transport is provided. The buckets have open front and rear faces to facilitate the run of the piston and the exit of the meat piece towards the body of the stuffing machine. The detector generally comprises a circuit, housed in the same chamber as the sensor, for controlling the operation of the gas detector; and operation software for operating the detector through the circuit. Each RIO hub has an associated data structure that is updated with current configuration information by the slave processor assigned to configure that RIO hub.