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Advanced cold chain storage can prevent food waste and save funds, photo Le Toan ABA Cooltrans, Vietnam’s leading cold chain logistics provider, has officially opened a new refrigerated distribution centre in Linh Trung II Export Processing Zone in Ho Chi Minh City’s Thu Duc district. This is the group’s third distribution centre, with the others in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi, increasing the total area of all existing refrigerated distribution centres to about 5,000 square metres with an estimated capacity of 8,000 tonnes. With a strategic location, the new centre, worth VND250 billion ($10.76 million), is expected to meet the expanding needs of storage, distribution, and delivery for all frozen and fresh food for ABA’s customers in Ho Chi Minh City and other cities in the southeast. … [Read more...] about Reducing food waste with apt cold chains

“One time I was rushing to the food stall after taking an order, but the long queue of customers left me waiting for my turn for a while. As the customers frantically checked on their order, I had to make haste nearly ten kilometers for a timely delivery. Yet when I arrived, they rejected the order, saying the noodles were soggy at this point and refused to pay,” Vinh recounted. … [Read more...] about No-shows and other fears: Daily life of food delivery workers in Vietnam

More than 7,000 pate jars from the company, each containing 450 grams, entered the market between July 1 and August 22. Authorities have identified 1,290 customers in HCM City and at least 1,200 in Hà Nội, but have only recalled 10 per cent of the jars. … [Read more...] about Manually canned food poses risks of poisoning

"SGS Hong Kong is delighted to collaborate with GS1 Hong Kong to be the audit partner of the new 'Quality Food Scheme+'. We help food enterprises to engineer food source control, food operations and management in accordance with internationally accredited standards; identify and analyse the potential food safety hazards and risk, from raw materials to products, from manufacturing to handling process; establish control points and formulate monitoring system. It helps enterprises to reduce and control risk, ensure product quality and food safety, protect consumers' health, build and safeguard food organisation's market integrity, and ultimately enhance competitiveness." said Ben Tsang, Managing Director of SGS Hong Kong. … [Read more...] about GS1 Hong Kong Launches Quality Food Scheme+ to Boost Traceability, Food Safety Control and Management for Local Food Industry

The system to trace back the agro-forestry and fishery product origins has helped enterprises and consumers stop the circulation of ingredients of unknown origin in food and foodstuff in the market. According to a recent survey, certified safe agricultural products have gained between 10-30 per cent in value in comparison with traditional products. … [Read more...] about QR codes can boost food safety: official