Food Transportation

Food transportation represents a significant element of the food industry with major implications for food product costs, in terms of the direct costs associated with transportation, and those potentially larger ones associated with poor product and packaging quality which are consequences of inefficient and/or inappropriate operation. This handbook is for both the transporter and food producer, in that it bridges the interests and specializations of both. The book covers both the logistics and food science, and considers transport (i.e. land, sea, and air) as well as by its food sector.

List of contents

Food Science And The Transport Of Food. Logistics of Food Transport. Land Transport of Foods: Principal Elements and Current Practice. Transport of Foodstuffs by Sea. Air Transport of Perishables. Transport of Fruit and Vegetables. Transport of Oils and Fats. Transport of Dairy Produce. Hygiene in Food Transport. Quality Systems in Food Transportation. Legislation and Food Transport. Index

Product details

• Authors: Geoff Ford, Rober Heap, Robert Heap, Mare Kierstan, Marek Kierstan
• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.04.2009
• EAN: 9780751404128
• ISBN: 978-0-7514-0412-8
• No. of pages: 242
• Weight: 549 g
• Illustrations: XVI, 242 p.
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Chemical engineering