Handbook of Hygiene Control in the Food Industry

25.1 Introduction The hygiene aspect of food transport has become an issue for European transport operators. This development st ...

transported hygienically. Thistext is not very specific and gives general instructions. The General Food Law makes retailers and ...

∑ should be designedand constructed suchthat theycan easilybe cleanedand disinfected; ∑ should be keptcleanand wellmaintained; ∑ ...

transported.The companyhas developedits ownHACCPschemeand is audited by NetherlandsControllingAuthorityfor Milk and MilkProducts ...

Fig. 25.1 Photographs showing a typical cleaning operation for trucks. The first step is cleaning with a high pressure water gun ...

conditions outside the truck.Usuallytheyare not ableto coolthe loaddown duringtransport. TheEuropean Agreementon the Transportof ...

transport all fruitand vegetables at about7 ÎC. Thisis bad for the foodquality (notnecessarily bad for the foodsafety)of tropica ...

decade. It allows transport to be fast and accurately conditioned. It is expectedto expand further into central and south Europe ...

concludedthat wooden palletsare indeed less hygienicthanplasticor metal pallets. Studieshave revealed somedifferences in microbi ...

quality-differentiated stock managementsystemsfor perishables that will help to reducethe shrinkage to a few per cent,will impro ...

See for instancehttp://www.vicfam.com/hygiene.html, http://www.goplasticpallet.com KLAASSEN,R.K.W.M.; VANAKEN,J.A.`Vergelijking ...

26.1 Introduction In the past, the main management efforts were focused on preharvest agriculture, and only recently has there a ...

production of grainin the world is arounda billion tonnes.The damage during storageof grainin the developing countries is betwee ...

∑ Accordingto the percentage of the air in the grain,it is possible to calculate the weightof the seedsthat can be storedin 1 m^ ...

area by convection currents and condensates.The waterincreasesthe humidity of the commodity, causesfungal development and finall ...

Anotherimportant factoris the criticalmoisturecontent (CMC): at this moisturethe grain is not resistant to storageand facilitate ...

direct sun. In storage with sacks, usually we see spoiled grain or other commoditiesin the bottompart of the storagearea.Thisis ...

∑ the temperature of the grainaround 40 ÎC; ∑ insectsare present. In this case,the controlmeasures are chemical,suchas fumigatio ...

26.5 Insectsin stored products Stored product insects are of tropical or subtropical origin;they live and reproducebestunderwarm ...

insectinfestationin cereal and grainstorageis approximately 10%worldwide. In developing countries the damagemayaccountfor over40 ...