News / Cool supply chains need to up their game and cut food waste

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High-value perishable goods require absolute proficiency while in transit to save on product waste – indeed, the global Cool Chain Association (CCA) claims supply chains are not a “hospital for inefficiencies”.

Vijan Chetty, general manager at the South Africa’s Perishable Products Export Control Board, and a CCA board member, told The Loadstar, at last week’s Transport Logistic in Munich, trials conducted by the two organisations revealed several points where supply chains could be improved.

The latest of three trials tracked the export ...