Minimum Temperature Rise Can Cut Frozen Food Emissions
“Frozen food standards have not been updated in almost a century, and they are long overdue for revision.”
– Maha AlQattan
Group chief sustainability officer
DP World
Most frozen food is transported and stored at -18°C (0°F), a standard that was set 93 years ago and has not changed since. Research now suggests that moving to -15°C (5°F) could make a significant environmental impact with no compromise on food safety or quality.
The experts, from the Paris-based International Institute of Refrigeration, the University of Birmingham, and London South Bank University, among others, found that the small change could:
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