The University of Nottingham is kick-starting a new GBP1-million project to develop dual-use energy storage technology, capable of delivering hydrogen to a fuel cell and generating direct cooling for refrigeration.Read More »Dual-use hydrogen energy storage to put food cold chain on road to net zero
Heat exchanger manufacturer Alfa Laval has produced a white paper which seeks to ‘demystify’ the process of choosing the right low-GWP refrigerant for a specific application.Read More »Demystifying low-GWP refrigerant choice
The FDA understands that consumers want healthy choices when it comes to food and nutrition and has issued a procedural notice on preliminary consumer-research planned on the use of symbols on food product labels. Nutrient content claims are a labelling tool that explicitly or implicitly characterises the level of a nutrient in the food. These claims can help consumers quickly gain a better understanding of the general nutrition information listed on food packages.Read More »The US FDA procedural notice to conduct research over ‘healthy’ symbols on food products
In the context of the Guinea-Bissau component of the European Union-funded West Africa Competitiveness Programme (WACOMP), implemented by the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO), 30 Bissau-Guineans received training on the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point System, HACCP, and on the ISO standard for Food Safety Management System, ISO 22000.Read More »Joining hands to strengthen food safety knowledge in West Africa
More companies with refrigerated and frozen temperature-controlled facilities are adopting automation as a means to enhance the productivity of their existing team.
Read More »Automation as a labour strategy for the cold chain
FAO Director-General emphasises responsibility and opportunity to overcome digital divide and make technologies available for rural smallholders.Read More »Digitalisation: The way of the new life and the new economy
New data paints a bleak picture for the future of South Africa’s small and micro-farming community, as only a small portion of the country’s up-and-coming farmers have managed to bounce back to pre-pandemic levels, while 63% of commercial-scale farmers are back to their pre-pandemic operational levels.Read More »Only 13% of SA’s small-scale farms recover from Covid-19 effects
In February 2021, Postharvest Losses Solutions Cooperative (POSCO) was awarded a small grant from the Hudson Global Development Fund to support trainings for reducing postharvest loss in Rwanda.Read More »Rwandan cooperative completes training
‘A truly historic moment’ – noted Citrus Growers Association’s Justin Chadwick on the largest specialised reefer ship (refrigerated cargo ship) in the world docking in Durban’s port last week.Read More »Specialised reefer ships to boost the citrus industry
Recent studies show that more than 1 billion people around the world live without electricity – more than half of whom are in Africa. Efforts are underway to reduce that number, however population growth, temperature increases, and the increased use of power-hungry devices, make the efficient and reliable distribution of electricity a challenge – an expensive one at that. Read More »CaaS addresses unreliable off-grid refrigeration for vaccines in Africa