As snack and bakery producers integrate more refrigerated and frozen foods into their production and distribution lineup, suppliers serving the industry continue to develop innovative ways to monitor the cold chain, improving safety and streamlining requisite needs for traceability. These innovations help snack producers and bakeries tackle a wide range of challenges they face on a regular basis. (For more insights into current cold chain logistics, see “Advances in cold chain technology for snack and bakery warehousing and transport.”)
“The challenge in the cold chain for frozen and refrigerated snacks is making sure all of the adjacent events within the cold chain are truly cold-holding products,” explains Ted Wilkes, director of business development, BluLine Solutions, Pittsburgh. Another challenge is interfacing the temperature data to your own ERP or CRM system for permanent record-keeping for the FSMA act, and to prove complete change of custody, he says.