 
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 Transport of Frozen fishery products:
•Chapter VIII part 1C :
“Frozen fishery must be maintained during transport at an even temperature of not more than -18°C in all parts of the product, possibly with short upward fluctuation at no more than 3°C.”
EN 12830
EN 12830 is the European directive concerning Temperature recorders for the transport, storage and distribution of chilled, frozen, deep-frozen/quick-frozen food and ice cream. Tests, performance and suitability
A select range of ESCORT products have been tested for conformity to EN12830, These being MINI, iLog and Junior
Escort data loggers recomended during Transportation:
- 1 Internal Temperature Sensor
- Measurement range:
- Internal Sensor -40°C to +65 °C
- Internal Sensor Accuracy ± 0.5°C
- Internal Sensor Average Resolution 0.5 °C
- Memory Options: 1868 samples
- LCD Display
- IP Rating 51
- Size 80 x 57 x 18 mm Software ESCORT Console
On the Base of the MINI PLUS we have introduced the Dry Ice Data logger with external sensor that goes down to -100 degrees Celsius:
Escort MINI MP-IN-N-D-8-L (Ultra cold data logger)
- 1 internal sensor with temperature range from -100°C to +40°C.
- Accuracy: ± 0,3°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.
- Customizable alarm settings and programmable start function.
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.
- •Temperature (8000 readings) or
- •Temperature and Additional humidity sensor
- •Memory size: 4000 samples per sensor
- •Battery life up to 3 or 5 years
- •Temperature range: -20°C to 70°C (extended: -40°C to +85°C)
- •Humidity range: 0-100% RH
- •Temperature accuracy: 0.1°C typical
- •Humidity accuracy: ±3% RH
- •Alarms on configurable temperature ranges
- •Programmable sampling interval
- •RFID interface compliant to EPC Class1 Gen2/ISO 18000-6C
- •10 mt. read range in free air
- •Unique ID and EPC code
Escort MINI Wireless to be used on vehicles or upon reception on containers that should not be openned:
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