short food movement process

Short Food Movement Processes

Cold Chain World: Module 5

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CONTAINER: Any device used to transport food or food products. Containers include bins, pallets, trucks, truck trailers, shipping containers and other similar devices. Includes bins, trays, etc. used to move food over short distances. CARRIER: Any company or individual responsible for the transportation of food and food products MAINTENANCE STATION: Any company involved in the sanitation or traceability implementation for carriers or containers.

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Four Primary Container Standards

Management

HACCP

Sanitation

Traceability (Maintenance)

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Food Movement During Short Processes

Farms: From Harvest to Packing House From Harvest to Processing Plant Distribution Centers Picking Operations Processors From Zone to Zone

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Distribution Center Order Fulfillment Picking Line

Verification

Pallet Line 1 Pallet Line 2Start

End

Conveyor

FlowDirection

Outgoing Pallet

Incoming

Pallets

Incoming

Pallets

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Pallets inCoolers

Pick Step Tray Load

TruckLoad

DriverInspection

PalletStaging

Inspection

StoreCooler

Zone A

Zone B

Pallets inPick Line

Zone A

Transport

Truck Unload

Zone A

Zone C

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Inputtingtagged bins

Sanitizing/Wash System

AutomatedTag Reader

Clean TrayOut

Data toComputer

ComputerizedRecord Keeping

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