Agricultural products who need cold chain logistics | Fresh fruits and vegetables | Aquatic product | Eggs | Milk | Meat | |||
Fruits and vegetables Suitable for low temperature storage and transportation | Fruits and vegetables less sensitive to cold damage | Cold sensitive fruits and vegetables | Chilled fresh meat | Hot fresh meat | ||||
Temperature requirements (˚C) | −1 - 5 | 5 - 8 | 8 - 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 - 6 | 0 - 5 | Normal temperature |
Cold chain logistics requirements | Post-harvest selection, pre-cooling, temperature-controlled transportation and warehousing | Cooling or micro-freezing, temperature controlled transport and warehousing | Pre-cooling, temperature-controlled transportation and warehousing | Cooling, sterilization, filling, temperature controlled transportation and warehousing | Cooling after slaughter, temperature controlled transportation and warehousing | The whole circulation process does not carry on the temperature control, the microorganism cannot be restrained, easy to pollute, cannot guarantee the meat edible safety | ||
Requirements for cold chain facilities | Pre-cooling room, air-conditioned storage, temperature-controlled transport vehicles | Cooling or micro-freezing equipment, cold storage, refrigerated transport vehicles | Pre-cooling room, temperature-controlled storage &transport vehicles | Pre-cooling room, temperature-controlled storage & transport vehicles | Pre-cooling room, cold storage, refrigerated transport vehicles | |||
Quality requirements for cold chain logistics | Ensure temperature control throughout the flow process from harvest to delivery to consumers | |||||||
Capacity for cold chain logistics costs | The affordability of cold chain logistics costs is generally low, except for a small number of high-value fruits and vegetables | Generally high | Generally low | Generally low | Medium | |||
Demand for cold chain logistics talent | Cold chain logistics grassroots operators and middle and senior management personnel who master logistics management, food quality management, refrigeration technology, refrigeration technology, information technology and other areas of knowledge and skills of the cold chain logistics |