One method for filling packaging holders with products comprises the steps of providing a pushing-in unit, which comprises a pushing-in device for pushing products into the packaging holders and a mechanical testing system for testing an arrangement and orientation of the products, prepositioning the products in openings of the packaging holders, actuating the mechanical testing system for testing an arrangement and orientation of the products in the openings of the packaging holders, actuating the pushing-in device and pushing the products into the packaging holders if it has been determined during the testing step that the products are correctly arranged and oriented, and interrupting the filling operation if it has been determined during the testing step that at least one of the products is incorrectly arranged or oriented.

One method for filling packaging holders with products comprises the steps of providing a pushing-in unit, which comprises a pushing-in device for pushing products into the packaging holders and a mechanical testing system for testing an arrangement and orientation of the products, prepositioning the products in openings of the packaging holders, actuating the mechanical testing system for testing an arrangement and orientation of the products in the openings of the packaging holders, actuating the pushing-in device and pushing the products into the packaging holders if it has been determined during the testing step that the products are correctly arranged and oriented, and interrupting the filling operation if it has been determined during the testing step that at least one of the products is incorrectly arranged or oriented.

The pack for products has a bottom layer, an intermediate layer, and a top layer, which are arranged one above the other and at a distance from one another and which are connected to each other. The top layer has a receiving strip, which has a plurality of recesses. The receiving strip is pivotable in the direction of the bottom layer about a pivoting axis, which is arranged in the region of the top layer. In the pivoted receiving state of the receiving strip, entry openings of the recesses for the insertion of the products point away from the bottom layer, and supporting sections of the recesses for supporting portions of the products form a boundary of the recesses which lies opposite the entry openings. The intermediate layer has an aperture in a pivoting range of the receiving strip.