These light, compact devices travel with perishable or sensitive products, providing clear visual alerts when temperature limits are exceeded and, in some cases, tracking the total time of exposure beyond safe thresholds. However, the potential uses for this innovative technology extend far beyond standard simple food storage and transport. In fact, its applications are surprisingly diverse and often inventive. Let’s explore a couple of intriguing examples.
Rail transport carriers provide high quality food and beverages to enhance their customers’ travelling experience and it is a key factor in supporting ticket sales.
Often, all food items have to be removed from the trains overnight. due to a concern that while the trains were serviced in the evening, the power could be shut off and the food would spoil – representing a danger to the public.
Using an 8°C time and temperature indicator allows operators to confirm that refrigerated storage conditions have been maintained, and the food can be left on the train since the following day, resulting in a significant time and cost saving for the rail company.
Customer consignments of oysters are typically shipped in cardboard carriers with frozen gel pack inserts to help maintain chilled conditions during transit. However, a delay in transit or repeat exposure to excessive ambient air temperatures when truck doors are opened can affect the integrity of the cold chain. Regulations require suppliers to validate that they have maintained temperature controls across the supply chain.
A temperature indicator with an irreversible notification of temperature breach above 8°C, and the length of any cumulative breaches shown. It provides customers with a simple mechanism to visually alert them to a temperature breach and its duration. This in turn allows customer service teams to advise whether they should discard that batch of product.
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