Temperature Controlled Transportation
Temperature Controlled Transportation

Temperature-controlled transportation consists in conveying products from a point A to a point B, in compliance with strict health and safety standards in terms of temperature.

Temperature-controlled transportation is the best solution for ensuring perfect preservation of products requiring stable temperatures during transport. Temperature increases and decreases would lead to a change in structure, rendering these products inedible. They would develop bacteria or germs which could be potentially harmful for consumers.

This being said, temperature-controlled transportation is not only for food. Countless other products require this form of transport, including certain cosmetics or pharmaceuticals. Flowers and livestock transport also require a controlled temperature environment throughout the entire supply chain.

Specificities of temperature-controlled transportation

  • When transporting perishable goods, vehicles must comply with the technical recommendations stipulated in the agreement on the transport of perishable cargoes.
    Each vehicle has its own certificate: vacuum insulated, refrigerated, cooling or heating.
    The compliance certificate delivered by the CEMAFROID organisation must be presented during road checks.
    New vehicles are automatically subjected to verification tests, to check their abilities.
    Trucks must then undergo periodic checks after 6 and 9 years.
    After 12 years, CEMAFROID inspects the vehicle and delivers a new certificate, which is valid for 6 years.
    The certificate is not required in the following cases:
  • When transporting refrigerated or frozen produce over fewer than 50 miles with no bulk breakage;
    When transporting industrial dairy products in a tank over fewer than 125 miles with no bulk breakage;
    When transporting frozen fish and seafood products for less than one hour and fewer than 50 miles.