Data sharing a recipe for helping reducing food waste in the cool chain

© Rkaphotography

Players in the supply chain could help stamp out food loss through better data sharing. 

Food chain monitoring and reporting could give retailers the ability to adapt offers, or increase shelf life, thereby reducing food waste. 

A Cool Chain Association pilot scheme to share temperature data was completed last week on five pallets of berries and avocados, monitored on their journey from Guadalajara in Mexico to Kuwait. The pallets were logged with near field communication (NFC) technology. 

Food waste campaigner, Philippe Schuler, of Too Good To Go, a ...