Education and Training Identified as Top Priorities for Indian Cold Chain Success In November 2018, Amanda Brondy, GCCA Director of International Programs, traveled to India joined by Dan Kaplan, CEO – Cloverleaf Cold Storage and WFLO Board Member, and Harshal Surange, a design-build expert with ACR Project Consultants. The team…
1st West Africa Cold Chain Summit 2018
1st West Africa Cold Chain Summit 2018 Post-harvest losses, especially in Nigeria, are caused by ambient temperature and relative humidity which facilitates fungal and bacteria decay. This major problem is exacerbated by the absence of suitable, well-designed on-farm, markets post-harvest storage facilities and unreliable electricity supply. Spoilage decrease harvest yield…
Keep Cool Save Ozone Layer
KEEP COOL SAVE OZONE LAYER The Ministry of Environment & Forestry held a Technical Working Meeting regarding to consolidate their continuing HCFC Phase Out Management Project on 30-31 October 2018. On this meeting, the Ministry invited the stakeholders, associations and universities. HCFC-22 could not have imported since 2015 and HCFC-141b…
GCCA Leads FSIS Roundtable Discussion in Washington DC
GCCA Leads FSIS Roundtable Discussion in Washington, DC On Thursday, November 1, The Global Cold Chain Alliance held a FSIS roundtable discussion with members at United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to propose solutions that would improve processes and allow for the growth of U.S. protein exports. Corey Rosenbusch, President…
Texas A & M AgriLife to Break Ground on New Poultry Biosafety Research Facility
Texas A&M AgriLife to break ground on new poultry biosafety research facility A groundbreaking ceremony is scheduled for 10 a.m. Oct. 25 for the new Biological Safety Level-II research facility at the Texas A&M University Poultry Research Center, 1202 Harvey Mitchell Parkway South in College Station. Merck Animal Health and…