“With more than one billion tonnes of food wasted every year and a growing global population, ensuring you have a coldstore maintenance package in place to prevent food wastage is of the utmost importance” says Ideal Coldroom Service MD Wayne Arnold
Global farming actually produces enough food to feed 10 billion people – 2.4 billion more people than exist today in the world today, but a third of all food produced annually worldwide is wasted, costing the global economy a staggering $1.2 trillion.
Modern food supply chains are long, meaning that keeping produce at a constant temperature is vital. This is because the range of temperatures at which products must be kept is narrow, so any deviation and the produce will be deemed spoiled or unsafe. As such, the cold storage system must be monitored and controlled from start to finish, with prompt rectification or repair available when required. A planned coldstore maintenance package can help ensure that the problem doesn’t occur in the first place.
Close attention must be paid to storage temperatures as storing goods at the wrong temperature through for example a faulty or damaged coldstore or coldroom can drastically affect quality, causing them to spoil faster or become unsafe for consumption.
Wayne added:
“Over 1.9 million tonnes of food is being lost by the food industry every year in the UK. This is a major issue, and a more proactive approach to preventing food wastage by ensuring foods are stored at the correct temperatures through a planned coldstore maintenance package is a good start. With people going hungry across the world, food wastage is not just an economic issue, it’s a moral issue as well”
For details on how Ideal Coldroom Services can reduce food wastage by ensuring your coldrooms and coldstores are correctly maintained, please click here.
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