Commodity temperature range viewer
Recommended storage and transport temperature, humidity and handling notes by commodity.
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- Your own numbers, worked out as often as you like
- The full load plan you can print or save to My work
- 6 cited sources, linked, with the checks to make
- Every other tool for the same role, in the same plan
- A plain-words read of your result (a fuller AI read with the Bifrost AI add-on)
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Example result · fictional numbers
What you get: load plan
Worked out by this tool from its default inputs. Its role plan lets you run your own numbers, print the sheet and save it.
Fresh beef and pork: 28°F to 32°F; your 30°F setpoint passes
- Range
- 28–32°F
- Humidity
- 85–90% RH
- Why
- Just above freezing maximizes shelf life.
- Common mistake
- Setpoint at 38–40°F 'to be safe' halves shelf life.
Load plan
- Commodity
- Fresh beef and pork
- Target range
- 28°F to 32°F
- Humidity
- 85–90% RH
- Setpoint 30°F for fresh beef and pork
- Pass: inside the range
- Setpoint to write on the instruction
- 30°F, the middle of 28°F to 32°F
Also on the sheet
- Mixed-load check · 5 lines, starting with “Loaded with”
- Logger and records for this load · 5 lines, starting with “Logger readings over the trip”
The plain-words read of this example
Fresh beef and pork: keep at 28°F to 32°F; humidity at 85–90% RH. A 30°F setpoint: pass: inside the range. No second commodity was entered for a mixed-load check. The shipper should give the carrier the setpoint in writing, with the pre-cool, and keep that record. Traceability: check the list for this product.
6 cited sources
- 21 CFR 1.908, What requirements apply to transportation operations? (Cornell Law School, Legal Information Institute (Code of Federal Regulations))
- 21 CFR 1.912, What records are required? (Cornell Law School, Legal Information Institute (Code of Federal Regulations))
- The Commercial Storage of Fruits, Vegetables, and Florist and Nursery Stocks (Agriculture Handbook 66) (USDA Agricultural Research Service)
- Food Traceability List (US Food and Drug Administration)
- FDA Food Code 2022 (US Food and Drug Administration)
- Vaccine storage and handling: temperature monitoring (US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Plus 6 step-by-step checks, a print layout and a link that reopens it with your numbers.