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Cold Chain
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Who owns the temperature risk under FCA?
Under FCA at the seller’s premises, risk passes once goods are loaded on the buyer’s vehicle. What that means for reefer pre-cooling…
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Cold Room
A cold room is an insulated, mechanically refrigerated storage chamber, ranging from small walk-in units to large warehouse cells, maintained at a…
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Temperature Logger
A temperature logger is an electronic device that records ambient or product temperature at set intervals during storage or transport, providing an…
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Cold Storage
Cold storage is the controlled low-temperature holding of perishable or temperature-sensitive product between processing and dispatch, encompassing both frozen and chilled regimes…
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Temperature Mapping
Temperature mapping is a validation exercise in which multiple sensors are distributed throughout a cold store, reefer container or refrigerated vehicle to…
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Core Temperature
Core temperature is the temperature measured at the thermal centre of a food product rather than in the surrounding air, and is…
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Defrost Cycle
A defrost cycle is the scheduled or automatic process by which frost accumulation on a refrigeration unit’s evaporator coils is melted and…
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Dry Ice
Dry ice is solid carbon dioxide used as a short-duration refrigerant for samples, small shipments and emergency cold-chain maintenance where mechanical refrigeration…
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Ethylene Management
Ethylene management is the set of storage and logistics practices that control exposure to ethylene gas, a natural plant hormone that accelerates…
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Humidity Control
Humidity control is the active management of relative humidity in storage and transport environments to prevent quality defects such as wilting in…