Singapore Cold Chain Centre

In today’s retail industry, particularly in the cold chain management environment; there is a lack of cold chain management standards for perishable food products along the cold chain. In the absence of such a standard, there is always a potential danger of food contamination resulting from frequent breaches along the links of the cold chain.

Hence, proper management of every link of the cold chain constitutes an integral part in the production and delivery of wholesome perishable food products to the consumers. Any breaches along the links of the chain would be hazardous and pose a serious threat to the health of consumers.

In view of the importance of preserving the freshness and nutritional values of perishable food products at all times; ECR Singapore, has undertaken the role to drive the implementation project of cold chain management for milk and dairy products with support from SPRING Singapore and participation from the industry. The main objective is to create awareness on the importance of the implementation of cold chain management for milk and dairy products that leads to increased productivity ultimately. The Singapore Standard CP95 : 2002 Code of Practice for Cold Chain Management – Milk and Dairy Products was hence developed and all retailers and suppliers are implementing this standard.

With the successful implementation of cold chain management of milk and dairy products, the industry has approached SPRING Singapore to develop a Technical Reference on cold chain management for chilled pork particularly for chilled pork arriving by air from exporting countries to the de-boning centres in Singapore. Hence, a Working Group on cold chain management of chilled pork was formed under the umbrella of SPRING Singapore, in collaboration with ECR Singapore and the industry. As there were no international standards available on cold chain management for chilled pork, the Technical Reference for Cold Chain Management of Chilled Pork would be developed based on overseas standards incorporating some local requirements and regulations. The establishment of such a cold chain management standard for chilled pork is essential for upholding the safety of consumers and protecting public health. This has further led to the establishment of a Singapore Cold Chain Centre in collaboration with the Australian Cold Chain Centre.