What does cold chain express mean?

Cold chain express delivery, namely ColdChainLogistics, refers to the application of freezing technology and refrigeration technology in the logistics process of fresh products, ensuring that every link of perishable and fragile products is always in a specific low-temperature environment from production, storage, transportation, sales to consumption, so as to ensure quality and reduce loss.

Cold chain express is usually used in the field of food and agricultural products. It was established with the progress of science and technology and the development of refrigeration technology. It is mainly a low-temperature logistics process based on refrigeration technology and taking refrigeration technology as a means. The requirements of cold chain logistics are relatively high, and the corresponding management and capital investment costs are higher than those of ordinary normal temperature logistics.

Extended data

First, the three characteristics of cold chain express:

1, the complexity of the process

Because the quality of goods changes with the change of temperature and time, different products must have corresponding temperature control and storage time, and transporters must follow up and supervise the whole process, which is a huge systematic project.

Step 2 be timely

Cold chain express is essentially logistics, but it needs to be delivered to the destination as soon as possible to ensure the fresh quality of special commodities such as fresh, fast-moving consumer goods and pharmaceutical industry.

3. High growth

Commodities that need cold chain transportation have high requirements on timeliness and temperature, and perishable commodities such as fresh food need specific transportation equipment, temperature control equipment, preservation equipment and storage equipment, which all increase the cost of cold chain express delivery.

Second, the scope of application of cold chain express is as follows:

1. Primary agricultural products: fresh meat and eggs; Seafood and aquatic products; Fruit and vegetable products; Flower products.

2. Processed food: packaged cooked food products such as quick-frozen food, poultry meat and aquatic products; Dairy products such as ice cream and dairy products; Fusible products like chocolate, etc.

3. Special commodities: special medical products, etc.

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