What Problems Are Faced By China Cold Chain? Its Future Development?

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Before the epidemic, in the relevant standards and regulations on cold chain transportation at the national level in China, there was not much mention of the content of the elimination process, whether it was the maintenance of the cold chain transportation participants and equipment in the "Road Cold Chain Transportation Service Rules". Hygiene and cleanliness is still the clean and ventilation requirements of the loading and unloading cargo transportation vehicles mentioned in the national standard "Refrigerated and frozen food logistics packaging, marking, transportation and storage", as well as other series of operating rules. Most of them only emphasize the operation process, personnel and equipment. In contrast to environmental sanitation, the "Plan" has made more specific provisions on the elimination of cold chain logistics. The relevant responsible units involve customs departments, transportation departments, health departments, and Market supervision departments, local people's governments and related production and business units. In the specific disinfection process, strict disinfection and disinfection operation ...
... specifications were carried out at ports, cold chain transportation, warehouse entry and exit, and circulation links.

Two weeks before the release of the "Plan", the State Council's Comprehensive Unit for Joint Prevention and Control Mechanisms for the Prevention and Control of the Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia Epidemic also issued the "Technical Guidelines for the Prevention, Control and Disinfection of New Coronavirus in the Production and Operation of Cold Chain Foods" (hereinafter referred to as the "Guide"), stipulating Disinfection content in transportation and distribution: For example, in the cold chain distribution of food, the car should be equipped with alcohol-based hand sanitizer, disinfectant and paper towels. In the case of washing hands without clean water, the hands of the driver and attendants can also be disinfected regularly; at the same time; Regularly disinfect the surfaces of objects that are easily contaminated by viruses, including steering wheels, door handles, mobile equipment, etc.; ensure regular disinfection of transportation vehicles, handling tools and containers. In addition, the "Guide" also makes relevant provisions on the disinfection of cold chain food production and processing and catering processing.

The national level attaches great importance to the cold chain elimination link. How companies should implement the "Plan" and "Guide" related regulations, and what obstacles they encounter in the process of practical operation. Based on this, the China IoT Cold Chain Committee approved Visits and surveys of related companies analyzed the problems faced by cold chain elimination and the future development direction.

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Enterprise related issues

The first thing to bear is the cost issue. Regardless of the "Plan" or "Guide" and the disinfection and disinfection policies issued by local governments, especially for the food part, enterprises need to bear all the resources brought by the disinfection and disinfection of goods in the cold chain logistics link. The huge cost of time and manpower, and in the face of the trend of normalization of the epidemic in the future, this part of the cost may continue to increase with more stringent anti-virus and sterilization requirements.

Secondly, the standards for disinfection and disinfection are not clear enough. At present, companies rely on the requirements of local governments to combine their own experience independently. It is difficult to avoid cargo damage caused by improper operation and adverse effects on subsequent cold chain logistics and storage.

The third problem is the risk of food safety control. Food occupies a large part of the cold chain logistics. At present, the proportion of food packaged in cartons is large. Choosing suitable disinfectants and reasonable spraying methods will affect food safety. The food industry is of great significance. However, there are no specific rules for the type, content and spray sterilization method of the disinfectant.

The fourth problem is the impact on overall efficiency. Disinfection and sterilization operations take longer than conventional operations and have a higher resource occupancy rate. There are no specific operating specifications and requirements, and companies often rely on manual operations. There are still many obstacles to the implementation of six-sided spray disinfection and tracking the direction of goods required by certain regions.

The fifth problem is that the risk of damage to the goods is relatively high. If there is no corresponding plastic film wrapper on the outside of the cold chain food package, it may cause the pollution and penetration of the carton, causing the carton to deform and damage the goods. The follow-up requirements are getting stricter and this situation may become more serious.

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Future Development

Cold chain products have become an indispensable part of people’s daily lives. At the time when the new crown epidemic is normalizing, disinfection and disinfection methods are used to ensure that cold chain foods are free from virus intrusion, both for consumers and operators It is very important to solve the above problems in the future cold chain, fill the loopholes of disinfection and disinfection, and provide consumers with safer products. The Cold Chain Committee analyzes the future trend of cold chain disinfection and mainly focuses on the following four aspects :

The first is policy support and guidance. Policies formulated by the government can alleviate the operating pressure of enterprises, such as sharing part of the cost, clarifying certification and evaluation standards, and issuing qualifications for corresponding institutions. At the same time, a training mechanism is established to ensure operating standards for operators, sort out damages to related personnel, machinery, equipment, etc., formulate corresponding protective measures and provide support. In this way, the so-called standardization can be realized, a detailed system can be established, and the cost pressure of some enterprises can be reduced and the assistance to the entire operation link can be improved.

The second is the improvement of standards, including the formulation of detailed operating standards, the formulation of various consumables standards, a unified certification standard system, a grading and fractional standard system, and so on. Among them, the overall standard system needs to consider the feasibility of actual implementation, and cover various links, not only covering the routine operation process, but also formulating solutions for abnormal situations that occur. Due to the complexity of the cold chain links and the all-encompassing variety, it cannot be treated in a uniform manner. It is necessary to formulate hierarchical management of the source and flow of different goods, and formulate different elimination plans to play a positive role in the cold chain market.

The third is the technical application of the entire disinfection link. At present, almost all cold chain disinfection uses manual operations to complete disinfection and sterilization, which requires investment in resource costs, and also brings greater risks of pollution and infection, and requires technical reforms. , Such as the introduction of automatic spraying and killing equipment applications. At the same time, the disinfection and sterilization technology is classified, sorted and recommended, and the standard of the disinfectant technology is officially certified.

The fourth part is to build a traceability platform. The traceability online APP platform in Beijing, Zhengzhou and some other cities has already begun to operate. At present, this platform still has some limitations and cannot truly realize the monitoring operation of the whole chain. Limited by region, how to trace across regions remains to be considered, but it provides ideas and directions for subsequent improvement.

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