Refrigeration: The essential Cooling for a safe food supply chain Christine Weiker Secretary General European Cold Storage and Logistics Association - ECSLA

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The food supply chain

Increased Globalisation the food supply routes are increasingly long-distance and multi-modal presenting challenges to maintaining optimal temperature control during storage handling distribution across a wide range of different temperature ranges according to the products specifications

Temperature Controlled Conditions fruit and vegetables meats and fish products milk and dairy products readymade dishes, finished convenience food frozen food like ice-cream or frozen pizza Flowers and pharmaceuticals

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Temperature Controlled Logistics These products are stored in different temperature ranges from roughly -25°C to +25°C according to product specifications in Ambient Chilled Frozen And all required ranges in between - areas of the temperature controlled warehouse

Temperature Controlled Logistics From the cold store the goods are then transported with refrigerated transporter to a distribution centre or directly to the retail facility / supermarket E-commerce and now players like Amazon Fresh present new challenges for temperature controlled logistics

Temperature Controlled Logistics All chilled and frozen food as well as temperature-controlled pharmaceutical products are stored in a cold store at least once during their journey from production to the consumer

Temperature Control along the supply chain Has a major impact on the quality and safety of food and pharma products Maintaining a consistent optimal temperature throughout the food supply chain extends shelf life, enhances food safety and prevents food waste In the pharma cold chain, reliable temperature control becomes ever more critical to provide safe products

Temperature Controlled Logistics ECSLA Member companies are a crucial link in the food supply chain connecting producers and processing companies with retailers and ultimately with the consumer

For more information: Christine Weiker c.weiker@ecsla.eu www.ecsla.eu