The World Cold Chain Summit to Reduce Food Waste is being held in London today.
The Summit, hosted by Carrier, will bring together global leaders in academics, government and business to discuss food waste in emerging and developing economies. The discussion will involve identifying the actions needed to accelerate progress in cold chain technology and policy development. Some of the needed actions can include reducing global CO2 emissions and improving cross-border economic activity.
The cold chain includes marine container refrigeration, truck and trailer refrigeration and food retail refrigeration. The cold chain enables global food to remain fresh for safe consumption–from farm to store.
As well as discussion, researchers will be presenting previews of their findings, which are part of a new global research project. The research is focusing on transport, storage and retail display of refrigeration systems. Their formal findings will be published early next year.
There will also be a focus on making the cold chain more environmentally friendly by better managing global food supply with existing cold chain technologies.
More information on the World Cold Chain Summit to Reduce Food Waste can be found here.