TEMPERATURE DATA LOGGER

Meat and poultry
Frozen products
Catering and food delivery
Ice cream and dairy

Meat and Poultry
Meat and poultry transportation, weather long and short distance has become a subject of attention by regulators and health authorities. Today exports of red meat from Argentina, Brazil and Australia use systematically strict quality control as long distances increase the risk of breaking the cold chain particularly on transit sites. New guidelines are however imposing stricter control within the same continent as break on the cold chain does not only jeopardize health and quality of the meat but also influences the shelf life of the product. Escort has provided its instrumentation to institutions such as the Cold Chain Management Group of the University of Bonn on research to improve the quality and shelf life of meat during transportation within Europe
EC 852 / 2004

Article 1 (a and c)
“It is necessary to ensure food safety throughout the food chain starting with primary production.” It is important for food that cannot be stored safely at ambient temperatures particularly frozen food to maintain the cold chain”

Article 4 (g)
“Food business operators shall, as appropriate, adapt the following hygiene measures:
(c) compliance with temperature control requirements for foodstuffs
(d)maintenance of the cold chain

Article 5
“Food business operators shall put in place, implement and maintain a permanent procedure or procedures based on the HACCP principle”

Annex II, chapter 1 : for all food premises, at all stage of production, processing and distribution
“ Where necessary, provide suitable temperature controlled handling and storage conditions of sufficient capacity for maintaining foodstuffs at appropriate temperatures and designed to allow those temperatures to be monitored and, when necessary, recorded”

Annex II, chapter 3 : for vending machines
“ Adequate facilities and/or arrangements for maintaining and monitoringsuitable food temperature conditions are to be available”

Annex II, chapter 4 : transport
“ Where necessary, conveyors and/or containers used for transporting foodstuff are to be capable of maintaining foodstuff at appropriate temperature and allow those temperature to be monitored.”
EN 853
•Chapter 2 :
Meat must attain the temperature specified in part 1 and remain at the temperature during storage, before and during transport.”
Recommend Escort products for logistics are

iMINI PLUS (MP-IN-D-8-L) Frozen Food
EC 852 / 2004

Article 1 (a and c)
“It is necesary to ensure food safety throughout the food chainstarting with primary production.” It is important for food that cannot be stored safely at ambient temperatures particularlyfrozen foodto maintain the cold chain”

Article 4 (g)
“Food business operators shall, as appropriate, adapt the following hygiene measures:
(c) compliance with temperature control requirements for foodstuffs
(d)maintenance of the cold chain

Article 5
“Food business operators shall put in place, implement and maintain a permanent procedure or procedures based on theHACCP principle.

Annex II, chapter 1 : for all food premises, at all stage of production, processing and distribution
“Where necessary, provide suitable temperature controlled handling and storage conditions of sufficient capacity for maintaining foodstuffs at appropriate temperatures and designed to allow those temperatures to be monitored and, when necessary, recorded”

Annex II, chapter 3 : for vending machines
“Adequate facilities and/or arrangements for maintaining and monitoringsuitable food temperature conditions are to be available”

Annex II, chapter 4 : transport
“Where necessary, conveyors and/or containers used for transporting foodstuff are to be capable of maintaining foodstuff at appropriate temperature and allow those temperature to be monitored.”

EN 853 Transport of Frozen fishery products:

Chapter VIII part 1C :
“Frozen fishery must be maintained during transport at an even temperature of not more than -18°C in all parts of the product, possibly with short upward fluctuation at no more than 3°C.”

EN 12830 
EN 12830 is the European directive concerning Temperature recorders for the transport, storage and distribution of chilled, frozen, deep-frozen/quick-frozen food and ice cream. Tests, performance and suitability
A select range of ESCORT products have been tested for conformity to EN12830, These being MINI, iLog and Junior
Escort data loggers recommended during Transportation:

Catering and food delivery
Catering and Food delivery services are confronted by strict quality control as they must assure the freshness of perishable foods such as fresh fruits, the quality of the cooked products and the right temperature at service. Escort has a wide range of products capable of covering the last mile of the food long cold chain control.

The following are the recommended products by Escort:
1 Internal and 1 External Temperature sensors
Measurement Range :
Internal Sensor -40 °C / +70°C
External Sensor -20°C / +100°C
Internal & External Sensors Accuracy +/- 0.3°C
Internal & External Sensors  Resolution 0.1°C
Memory 32,000 samples
Active & Alarm LED's
LCD Display
IP Rating 66 (when external sensor is connected)
Size 76 x 86 x 18mm
Probe Size 80 x 4.5 x 4.5 mm, Cable length 1m

Software ESCORT Console

Ice cream and dairy products
1 Internal Temperature Sensor
Measurement range:
Internal Sensor -40°C to +65 °C
Internal Sensor Accuracy ± 0.5°C
Internal Sensor Average Resolution 0.5 °C
Memory Options: 1868 samples
LCD Display
IP Rating 51
Size 80 x 57 x 18 mm
Software ESCORT Console

EN 853 - Raw milk  
Section IX, chapter II.3 - unless competent authorities authorizes, and when transport exceed 2 hours – “during transport, the cold chain must be maintained. On arrival at the establishment of destination, the temperature of the milk must not be more than 10°C.”

EN 12830 
EN 12830 is the European directive concerning Temperature recorders for the transport, storage and distribution of chilled, frozen, deep-frozen/quick-frozen food and ice cream. Tests, performance and suitability
A select range of ESCORT products have been tested for conformity to EN12830, These being MINI, iLog and Junior
Escort recommends the following products:
Escort MINI Single use for intercontinental distances or when data loggers are difficult to recuperate: