Skills and Knowledge for Refrigerated Road Transport
Some of the key skills and knowledge required in order to prevent and reduce food loss and waste (FLW) include:
- Chilling and chilled storage
- Freezing and frozen storage
- Packaging
- Importance of pre-cooling before packaging
- Daily heat balance
- Interfaces between different links in the cold chain
- Pre-cooling and loading and unloading
- Good handling and hygienic practice
Key Publications
Optimized Chilling Protocols for Fresh Fish The overall aim of the optimized chilling protocols is to describe the most effective chilling methods for any stage in the food supply chain with emphasis on whitefish. | |
| A training resource covering all aspects of chilling and distributing chilled fish, including transport and distribution. |
| A training resource covering all aspects of freezing and cold storage of fish, including transport and distribution. |
More Resources
More Resources
One of the major issues prevailing in the fisheries and aquaculture industry in Sri Lanka is the high loss and waste of fish, and it has become necessary to introduce strategies aimed at preventing and...
Policy brief based on the proceedings of a Regional workshop on the use of the cold chain in the development of agriculture and agro industries in sub-Saharan Africa.
Good practice policies to eliminate gender inequalities in fish value chains (FAO 2013)
01 January 2013
01 January 2013
This publication highlights key gender inequalities in fisheries and aquaculture value chains that lead to underperformance by women, and proposes good practice policies that can influence increases in production and processing of high-quality fish....