ISSN 2412-7779
REGULARS
CONTENTS
INCORPORATING COLD CHAIN
VOL. 03 - NO. 05 | MAY 2018
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REGULARS INTERNATIONAL NEWS EVENTS AND EXHIBITIONS
3 10 Thermo King wins international transport award 25 OTTC’s artisanal roundtable connects students
11 RefCold India 2018 to redefine cold chain industry standards 27 HCFC stakeholder meeting gets the ball rolling
29 FRIGAIR Expo 2018: exhibitor preview – what to expect
34 FRIGAIR free-to-attend seminars confirmed
39 ATMOsphere is coming to FRIGAIR – register now!
40 Upcoming fdt Africa expo extended
Editor’s column
47 Products
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Word search
ASSOCIATIONS
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NEWS
Dangers of on-site oral contracts
4 National ports inspected for ozone depleting substances 5 Energy Partners acquires Clint Refrigeration PROJECTS FEATURES
7 Eurocool opens branch in Bloemfontein 13 Medallion Mushrooms: ‘farming for the future’ 41 Update on registration in the safe handling of refrigerants
9 Serco completes large order of pharmaceutical bodies 21 Ilanga Mall ice arena: all-year-round fun for all 44 Untrained truck drivers costing the economy billions
EDITOR’S COLUMN
An active industry …
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n the wake of all the media coverage
of the listeria scare and the avoidable
deaths of scores across South Africa,
attention has been drawn to food
safety in cold chain distribution.
Regulations (Government Notice No.
962 of 23 November 2012) set out the
minimum requirements in the handling,
storage, distribution, and display of
foodstuffs.
Unless we produce our own food
where we live and eat, we are all reliant
on eating food that has travelled along
a distribution chain. The foodstuffs that
we purchase in supermarkets, consume
in restaurants, or eat on aircraft, is
done with confidence that it will not
cause any harm or illness. Throughout
the distribution chain, foodstuffs are
transported in road vehicles; some are
refrigerated, others merely insulated.
Although the requirements for vehicles
are detailed in the regulations, the
question arises as to how many
refrigerated vehicles are or have been
inspected by a health authority? Further
investigation is certainly warranted to
clear what appears to be a ‘grey’ area.
The dates and venues of the long-
planned roadshow of the Department
of Environmental Affairs (DEA) to inform
the industry of the status of South
Africa’s HCFC Phase-out Management
Plan (HPMP) has been set. By now
all our readers should have received
notification of the dates: 12 June in
Midrand; 14 June in Durban; 19 June
in Port Elizabeth; and the final, in Cape
Town, on 21 June. Industry certainly
needs to give the roadshow its fullest
support and get the latest info without
having to refer to many lengthy
communications from many different
sources.
The pilot training project at the
Capricorn College in Polokwane was
kick-started with a one-day seminar
hosted by the DEA at the college on
12 April. Skills development and training
are high on the agenda throughout
the country, with new initiatives at
training colleges and service providers
in all regions. The present momentum
of training and development of the
curriculum is encouraging and will ease
the shortage of skilled practitioners,
although may only be effective in five
or six years’ time.
The passing of time certainly appears
to be gaining pace, as FRIGAIR 2018 at
Gallagher in Midrand is now only a few
weeks away. From the hyped activity
among exhibitors to all the preparations
for the free-to-attend seminars and the
ASHRAE workshops, FRIGAIR is geared to
exceed all previous visitor records. Being
the largest HEVAC&R exhibition held
in Africa, many visitors from across the
continent have already shown interest.
The potential of networking and gaining
new contacts at FRIGAIR 2018 cannot
be overestimated.
With a full industry diary on the
horizon, I do hope that we will meet in
person in the near future. CLA
COLD LINK AFRICA • May 2018
John Ackermann
Editor | [email protected]
www.coldlinkafrica.co.za
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