T/QSX 0008-2023 Pre-fabricated cold chain delivery management specifications

Scope

Scope: This document specifies the terms and definitions, basic requirements, transportation and distribution, warehousing, traceability, and recall for the cold chain distribution of pre-cooked meals. This document applies to the entire process of cold chain distribution management for pre-cooked meals. Main technical content: 1. Terms and definitions: Referring to existing national standards, this document defines the definition of cold chain distribution. Cold chain distribution refers to the physical flow process of ensuring the quality of cold chain items and reducing their loss by handling orders, picking, loading, in-transit handling, delivery, returns, and material recovery for pre-cooked meals within the scope of distribution services, while maintaining the required low temperature (0°C–4°C for refrigerated transport and -18°C for frozen transport) to preserve their quality. It clarifies that the refrigerated transport temperature for pre-cooked meal products is 0°C–4°C, and the frozen transport temperature is -18°C. 2. Basic requirements: It specifies the regulatory requirements for cold chain distribution of pre-cooked meals from three aspects: organizational management, personnel management, and equipment management. 3. Transportation and distribution: It stipulates the management requirements for transportation equipment and transportation and distribution. (1) It clarifies the requirements for loading pre-cooked meal products, requiring that pre-cooked meal transportation equipment be dedicated for this purpose. Pre-cooked meal products are not allowed to be transported in the same vehicle as any dangerous goods, mixed with non-food goods, mixed with food with odors, or mixed with raw and cooked foods. (2) According to the provisions of "Packaging, Marking, Transportation, and Storage of Refrigerated and Frozen Foods (GB/T 24616-2019)", it specifies that when pre-cooked meals are handed over between the carrier and the consignee, t

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