Method for packaging products in boxes and packaging apparatus operating according to this method

A method for packaging products in boxes, comprising:

• a) providing a plurality of boxes in a folded configuration,
• b) collecting one of said boxes in the folded configuration from said plurality and modifying the configuration thereof so as to bring it into an open configuration which is suitable for containing said products,
• c) verifying the conformity of said box in the open configuration with at least one predetermined quality parameter, and
• d) if said box in the open configuration complies with said at least one quality parameter, introducing said products into said box, while
• e) if said box in the open configuration does not comply with said at least one quality parameter, returning said box to the folded configuration,
• wherein the configuration of said box is modified from the folded configuration to the open configuration by an unfolding mechanism and from the open state to the folded state by the same mechanism which is operated in an opposite mode.