The testo 104-IR food safety thermometer
Food safety in incoming goods
When goods are transferred from one place in the cold chain to another, critical aspect is food safety.
The challenge: Most accurate measurement
A three-stage process has been established in practice
Food safety in storage
When storing food, monitoring environmental conditions is critical to maintaining the cold chain and thus ensuring the basic condition for safe food.
- Data loggers and data monitoring systems in particular have proven themselves here for reliable and complete monitoring of the ambient environmental conditions.
- Stationary monitoring is also often necessary for refrigerated cabinets and cold rooms. In this way, it is possible to efficiently check that the installed refrigeration units provide the cooling capacity they are supposed to
Food safety during transport
The quality and safety of refrigerated and frozen (and therefore cold chain-mandatory) foods can only be guaranteed if the prescribed temperatures are maintained without interruption:
From production to storage, transport, intermediate storage and storage in retail. In concrete terms, this means that the cold chain between the manufacturer and the end consumer must remain uninterrupted, whether in trucks, trains, planes or ships.
For this purpose, the so-called deep-freeze regulation defines that means of transport (i.e. refrigerated trucks, refrigerated vehicles or even refrigerated containers) above a certain size must be equipped with a continuous temperature monitoring system.
In addition, it is advisable to provide additional certainty through targeted monitoring directly in the freight goods and in the truck by means of highly precise and seamlessly recorded measured values.
* Make sure you know the measurement parameters for good and safe food
