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Extending Shelf Life: Ethylene Absorption Packaging Strategies for Produce Transport
Historically how to preserve and store food for consumption when there might be a food shortage has given birth to such packaging innovations as using glass, wooden barrels and cans to protect and later transport food. The invention of the cardboard box at the end of the 19th century and the invention and discovery of plastic and polyethylene in the 1920s and1930s opened up a new era in protecting and transporting foods.
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Food Safety: Sanitation Issues, Methods & Solutions
Safe food is defined as food free of contamination with contamination occurring at any point in the growing, preparing, processing, storing, selling or serving of food. According to the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately 70% of all foodborne disease is due to viruses spread by direct or indirect contact with infected individuals. The CDC further states that 5,000 people die each year from tainted food, 325,000 are hospitalized and 76 million people become ill annually
Food Safety: What is Safe Food
Safe food is defined as food free of contamination with contamination occurring at any point in the growing, preparing, processing, storing, selling or serving of food. According to the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately 70% of all foodborne disease is due to viruses spread by direct or indirect contact with infected individuals. The CDC further states that 5,000 people die each year from tainted food, 325,000 are hospitalized and 76 million people become ill annually…
Produce Shelf Life: Issues and Extension Methods from Harvest to Retailer
Produce is a highly perishable commodity making shelf life a race against the clock for growers, processors and retailers. With national averages of produce shrinkage at 6%, according to the Produce Marketing Association, shelf life costs US retailers in excess of $2.1 billion per year. This paper will review factors that shorten and extend shelf life, and multiple methods to extend and measure produce shelf life as it pertains to produce processed from harvest to delivery to the retail facility.
Vaccines and Bio-Logics: Managing Quality and Compliance within your Cold Chain Supply Network
Over forty years ago the 27th World Health Assembly resolved to build on the success of the smallpox eradication program and established the Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) to ensure that all children, in all countries, benefited from life-saving vaccines. The newly launched EPI at that time recommended the use of vaccines to protect against six primary diseases: tuberculosis (BCG), diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (DTP vaccine), measles and poliomyelitis.
Preventing a Produce Labor Shortage
Our food supply is typically very stable. Rain or shine, field and packinghouse workers harvest and process food for the American people. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has introduced a level of uncertainty which leads people to wonder what will happen if outbreaks of illness at many locations prevent workers from harvesting. If not addressed, lack of labor could affect planting and harvesting of the fresh fruits and vegetables we need for good health.
The High-Stakes World of Fresh Fruit Shipping
Welcome to the dynamic and fast-paced world of Chile’s fresh fruit industry, often likened to playing ‘hot potato’ with billions at stake. In this arena, time is more than just money; it’s the lifeline of a business where any delay spells disaster. Envision a global market valued at an astounding US $665 billion in 2023, with cherries alone commanding up to US $120,000 per container. In this high-stakes game, every second is critical.
Major Beverage Manufacturer Take Control of Monitoring Shipments
A major beverage company with operations around the worldmanufactures soft drinks, juices, water, teas and coffee under multiple brand names. The company ships frozen juice concentrates and diet soft drink syrup from hubs in the U.S. and Puerto Rico to bottling plants for production, packaging, merchandising and distribution. These partnerships with close to 1000 bottlers, result in nearly 2 billion servings of the company’s products being sold to consumers every day.
Horticulture Management Firm and Cherry Grower Discovers More Effective Way to Monitor Cargo
Hortinvest Management Ltd, a cherry grower and horticulture management company, specializes in all aspects of the cherry and apricot supply chain, including orchard, packhouse, and export customer relations. Hortinvest was established in 2016 and is located in the Otago Region on the South Island of New Zealand. “Our orchards are fully integrated. We plan, develop, grow, and we run a team of people. We harvest and then we run the logistics, packing and marketing.
Real-Time Logger Helps Prevent Spoiled Fruit
Typically, when a shipment leaves the port, the owner has no visibility with regard to its location or temperature. This creates a challenge for any grower/exporter. Real-time loggers provide the in-transit visibility which helps users anticipate possible issues with perishable shipments and take the appropriate action.
Using Temperature Data to Avoid Financial Losses
For a grower shipper, monitoring the temperature of a shipment is critically important. If there is ever a “warm load,” the grower must know where and when the temperature excursion occurred to protect itself from financial loss. If the grower does not have the temperature history, it could lose thousands of dollars on a rejected load.
