  
Meat and poultry transportation, weather long and short distance has become a subject of attention by regulators and health authorities. Today exports of red meat from Argentina, Brazil and Australia use sistematically strick quality control as long distances increase the risk of breaking the cold chain particulary on transit sites. New guidelines are however imposing stricter control within the same continent as break on the cold chain does not only jeopardize health and qualitiy of the meat but also influences the shelf life of the product. Escort has provided its instrumentation to institutions such as the Cold Chain Management Group of the Universtity of Bonn on research to improve the quality and shelf life of meat during transportation within Europe.
EC 852 / 2004
Article 1 (a and c)
“ It is neccesary to ensure food safety throughout the food chainstarting with primary production.” It is important for food that cannot be stored safely at ambient temperatures particularlyfrozen foodto maintain the cold chain”
Article 4 (g)
“ Food business operators shall, as appropriate, adapt the following hygiene measures:
(c) compliance with temperature control requirements for foodstuffs
(d)maintenance of the cold chain
Article 5
•“Food business operators shall put in place, implement and maintain a permanent procedure or procedures based on theHACCP principle.
Annex II, chapter 1 : for all food premises, at all stage of production, processing and distribution
“ Where necessary, provide suitable temperature controlled handling and storage conditions of sufficient capacity for maintaining foodstuffs at appropriate temperatures and designed to allow those temperatures to be monitored and, when necessary, recorded”
Annex II, chapter 3 : for vending machines
“ Adequate facilities and/or arrangements for maintaining and monitoringsuitable food temperature conditions are to be available”
Annex II, chapter 4 : transport
“ Where necessary, conveyors and/or containers used for transporting foodstuff are to be capable of maintaining foodstuff at appropriate temperature and allow those temperature to be monitored.”
EN 853
•Chapter 2 :
Meat must attain the temperature specified in part 1 and remain at the temperature during storage, before and during transport.”
Recommende products for logistics are:
iMINI PLUS (MP-IN-D-8-L)
Escort MINI MI-IN-MINI PLUS
- 1 internal sensor with temperature range from -40°C to +70°C.
- Accuracy: ± 0,3°C from -10 to +70; (0,5°C on -40 to -11°C)
- Resolution: 0,1°C
- Memory: 8,000 readings (possible up to 16,000 readings)
- Sampling frequency: 5 seconds to 255 minutes
- Time and date: Real time clock, accuracy better than 1 minute per month. Multiple zones supported.
- Large LCD Display with multi-function viewing: 1st button press: Latest, highest, lowest, average temperatures 2nd button press: time spent under/over specification.
· Consecutive delay
· Non consecutive delay
· Catastrophe alarm. Alarm is immediately on if a single reading exceeds this value
· Integrator alarm (Number of degree – minutes outside of specification)
· Low battery indicator
· Unlimited number of bookmarks
· Password protection enhanced
· High speed of communication (38400 Bps)
· Continuous logging feature.
START and STOP button programmable.
START button only option for higher security.
Long button press to start-up recording
Security: Password protected.
- IP Rating: IP65 with cap on. Can be cleaned by water, disinfected.
- Lug for easy handling
- No special interface required. Downloadable via USB-RS232(DB9) standard cable.
- Software console: Downloadable free of charge from Escort website. FDA 21 CFR Part 11 compliant.
TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY RFID LOGGER TAG.
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