{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DefinedTerm","name":"Food and beverage cold chain","description":"Maintaining unbroken temperature control from production to point of sale is the defining purpose of the food and beverage cold chain. It connects refrigerated processing and storage facilities, actively cooled transport vehicles, and chilled retail displays into one continuous system. Even brief exposure to ambient temperatures can render meat, dairy, ready meals, or fresh produce unsafe or unsaleable. Freight forwarders, retailers, and regulators therefore require complete temperature logs as ","inDefinedTermSet":{"@type":"DefinedTermSet","name":"Frachtportal Logistics Glossary","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/glossary"},"url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/glossary/food-and-beverage-cold-chain","inLanguage":"en","dateModified":"2026-06-24T01:18:00.109780","citation":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_chain","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/glossary/en/food-and-beverage-cold-chain","provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Frachtportal","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Food and beverage cold chain · Maintaining unbroken temperature control from production to point of sale is the defining purpose of the food and beverage cold chain. · Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_chain"}