Africa's cool chain is more efficient, but 'there's still too much waste'

23/02/2017

Despite significant improvements in Kenya’s perishable cool chain, there is still too much waste, Air Cargo Africa delegates heard yesterday in Johannesburg.

“It’s been painfully slow, but what we see, from the primary producer to the trucking companies, are organisations putting in place service level agreements, ...

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Flower Care Holland Bv
February 25, 2017 at 11:46 am
interesting article.
We have been busy working on this problem too, and making great progress in developing an active paper which decreases fungal spore growth.

We already have a gel available which deminishes cool chain problems by keeping cel-tension at the right level, resulting in higher resistance against fungal growth.

We regularly post updates on our facebook page, here you can also find contact information: https://www.facebook.com/FlowerCareHollandbv/?pnref=lhc

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