Doug Lenz
Vice President, Product Management for Thermo King
USA
Title: Increasing food safety and profitability through monitoring and controls
Biography
Biography: Doug Lenz
Abstract
Proper handling and distribution of food isn’t just about food safety, but about bottom line profitability for everybody throughout the cold chain. Food transport companies are increasingly being asked to prove to their customers that they are monitoring and maintaining internal trailer temperatures so that their perishable food orders will arrive fresh and safe for consumers. This became all the more important in 2013 when the new guidelines from the U.S. Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) placed primary responsibility for food safety and prevention on food producers and processors, who are responsible for ensuring that food is not adulterated and can prove that food was transported at the proper temperature through its journey.