Handbook of Hygiene Control in the Food Industry

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quality-differentiated stock managementsystemsfor perishables that will help to
reducethe shrinkage to a few per cent,will improve the financialresults of
retailers. Additionally,thesesystems will reduce the environmentalimpactof
food supplychainssignificantly. Thesesystems mightappearto be fuzzy
science-fiction; however, it may be expected that the resultingsavingswill be an
incentivefor implementationin the comingyears.


25.8 Acknowledgements

Manypeoplecontributed to this chapter, mostlyvia personalcommunications.
Because hygieneis a relatively sensitive subject, many informers wouldnot like
to havetheirnamesand companynamesmentioned.We respectthat and thank
themfor theirsharingtheirknowledge and experienceswithus.


25.9 References and notes


  1. The completelist of standardsis availablevia: http://www.codexalimentarius.net/
    standard_list.asp

  2. Theterm`unitsof transportequipment'mightsoundcumbersome,but it is the
    technicaltermused by the ATP (European Agreement on the Transport of
    Perishables)to referto all typesof transportation:boats,planes,trains,trucks,etc.

  3. In agreementwithEuropeanlegislation,two exceptionsare described:bulktransport
    of liquidoils and fats and crudesugarby sea vessels.Whenproperlycleaned,these
    sea vesselsare allowedto transportoils,fats and sugarsand non-foodcargo.

  4. KEIJSERS, W.G.P.`Hygie»necode,codevoorhygie»nischwerkenbij transport,opslagen
    distributievan levensmiddelen',version2/2001,publishedby EVO,Koninklijk
    NederlandsVervoerand Transporten LogistiekNederland,Zoetermeer2001,in
    Dutch.

  5. Transportoperatorsregardprecisecleaninginstructionsas competitiveinformation.
    Nevertheless,it shouldnot be a problemto publishgeneralisedhygieneinformation
    on the web,whichwill still be interestingfor a broadpublic.

  6. For moreinformationon the ATPsee website:www.unece.org/trans/main/wp11/
    atp.html

  7. PANOZZO,G.;MINOTTO, G.;BARIZZA,A. `Transport et distribution de produits
    alimentaires:situationactuelle et tendancesfutures', International Journal of
    Refrigeration1999, 22 , 625±639,in French.

  8. See for instance:http://www.envirotainer.com/

  9. References to Coolboxx can be found out: http://www.vdgp.nl/referentie_
    detail.asp?ProjectID=799 (Dutch), http://www.dunelmpr.co.uk/Geest-
    CoolboxxDeliveries-PR.htmand http://www.agro.nl/innovatienetwerk/doc/Coolboxx.pdf
    (Dutchreport).

  10. AK, N.O.;CLIVER,D.O.;KASPAR,C.W.`Cuttingboardsof plasticand woodcontaminated
    experimentallywithbacteria',Journalof FoodProtection1994, 57 (1), 16±22.

  11. RODEL,W.; HECHELMANN,H.; DRESEL, J.`Thehygieneaspectsof woodenand plastic
    cuttingboards',Fleischwirtschaft1995, 75 (3), 277±280.


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