1. Choose the right mode of transportation
Pertable food: Use expedited transportation services (overnight or 1-2 days) to minimize the time of food during transportation.
Non-perishable food: standard transportation can be used, but the packaging is safe to prevent damage.
2. packing material
Heat insulated containers: Use heat insulated foam containers or hot bubble pouch to maintain the temperature of perishable items.
Refrigerated pack: including gel packs or dry ice for refrigerated perishable food. Ensure compliance with the dry ice shipping regulations.
Sealed bag: Place food in a sealed, leakproof bag or container to prevent overflow and contamination.
Buffer: Use bubble film, foam or wrinkled paper to prevent it from moving during transportation.
3. Prepare the food and box
Freeze or refrigerate: freeze or refrigerate perishable items before packaging to help them refrigerate longer.
Vacuum seal: Vacuum sealed food can extend their shelf life and prevent freezing burns.
Portion control: divide food into separate portions for recipient use and storage.
PLlining: with a thick layer of insulation.
Add cold packets: Place frozen gel packets or dry ice on the bottom of and around the box.
Package food: Place the food in the center of the box and place refrigerated packs around it.
Fill the void: Fill all voids with buffer material to prevent movement.
Seal box: Seal the box firmly with packaging tape to ensure all seams are covered.
4. Labels and documents
Maras perishable: clearly marked as “perishable” and “stay refrigerated” or “stay frozen” on the package.
Include instructions: Provide handling and storage instructions for the recipient.
Shipping label: Ensure that the shipping label is clear and contains the recipient’s address and your return address.
5. Select a transportation company
Retable carriers: Select carriers with experience in handling perishable items, such as FedEx, UPS, or USPS.
Tracking and insurance: Select tracking and insurance to monitor the goods and to prevent loss or damage.
6.the timing
Early week delivery: Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday to avoid weekend delays.
Avoid holidays: Avoid shipping around holidays, when deliveries may be slow.
7. Huizhou’s recommended plan
When transporting food across states, choosing the right packaging and insulation products is an important part to ensure food freshness and safety. Huizhou Industrial offers a variety of products, suitable for different food transportation needs. Here are our product categories and their applicable scenarios, as well as our recommendations for different foods:
1. Product types and applicable scenarios
1.1 Water ice packs
-Applicable scenario: short-distance transportation or requiring medium-low temperature preservation of food, such as vegetables, fruits and dairy products.
1.2 Gel ice pack
-Applicable scenario: long-distance transportation or the need for low temperature preservation of food, such as meat, seafood, frozen food.
1.3, dry ice pack
-Applicable scenario: Food requiring ultra-cryogenic storage, such as ice cream, fresh and frozen food.
1.4 Organic phase change materials
-Applicable scenario: high-end food requiring precise temperature control, such as drugs and special food.
1.5 EPP incubator
-Applicable scenario: impact-resistant and multiple-use transportation, such as large food distribution.
1.6 PU incubator
-Applicable scenario: transportation that requires long time insulation and protection, such as remote cold chain transportation.
1.7 PS incubator
-Applicable scenario: affordable and short-term transportation, such as temporary refrigerated transportation.
1.8 Aluminum foil insulation bag
-Applicable scenario: transportation requiring light and short time insulation, such as daily distribution.
1.9 Non-woven thermal insulation bag
-Applicable scenario: economical and affordable transportation requiring short time insulation, such as small batch food transportation.
1.10 Oxford cloth insulation bag
-Applicable scenario: transportation requiring multiple use and strong thermal insulation performance, such as high-end food distribution.
2.Recommended scheme
2.1 Vegetables and fruits
Recommended products: water injection ice bag + EPS incubator
Analysis: Vegetables and fruits need to be kept fresh at medium and low temperature. Water injection ice bags can provide the appropriate temperature, while the EPS incubator is light and economical, suitable for short-term use, to ensure that vegetables and fruits remain fresh during transportation.
2.2 Meat and seafood
Recommended products: gel ice bag + PU incubator
Analysis: Meat and seafood need to be kept fresh at low temperature, gel ice bags can provide a stable low temperature environment, while PU incubator has excellent insulation performance, suitable for long-distance transportation, to ensure the quality of meat and seafood.
2.3, and the ice cream
Recommended products: dry ice pack + EPP incubator
Analysis: Ice cream needs to be stored at ultra-low temperature, dry ice pack can provide extremely low temperature, EPP incubator is durable and impact resistant, suitable for long time transportation, to ensure that the ice cream does not melt during transportation.
2.4 High-end food products
Recommended products: organic phase change material + Oxford cloth insulation bag
Analysis: High-end food needs accurate temperature control, organic phase change materials can be customized according to the need of temperature, Oxford cloth insulation bag insulation performance and multiple use, to ensure the safety and quality of high-end food in transportation.
2.5 and the dairy products
Recommended products: water injection ice bag + EPP incubator
Analysis: Dairy products need to be kept fresh at low temperature. Water-injected ice packs can provide a stable refrigeration environment, while EPP incubator is light, environmentally friendly and impact resistant, and is suitable for multiple use to ensure that dairy products remain fresh during transportation.
2.6 Chocolate and candy
Recommended products: gel ice bag + aluminum foil insulation bag
Analysis: Chocolate and candy are prone to temperature influence and deformation or melt, gel ice bags can provide suitable low temperature, while aluminum foil insulation bags are light and portable, suitable for short distance or daily distribution, to ensure the quality of chocolate and candy.
2.7 Roasted goods
Recommended products: organic phase change material + PU incubator
Analysis: Roasted goods need a stable temperature environment, organic phase change materials can provide accurate temperature control, PU incubator insulation performance, suitable for long-distance transportation, to ensure that baked goods remain fresh and delicious during the transportation process.
Through the above recommended scheme, you can choose the most suitable packaging and insulation products according to the needs of different food, to ensure that the food is maintained in the best state of the cross-state transportation process, to provide customers with high quality fresh delicious. Huizhou Industrial is committed to providing you with the most professional cold chain logistics solutions to ensure the safety and quality of your products in transportation.
7.Temperature monitoring service
If you want to obtain the temperature information of your product during transportation in real time, Huizhou will provide you with a professional temperature monitoring service, but this will bring the corresponding cost.
9. Our commitment to sustainable development
1. Environmental-friendly materials
Our company is committed to sustainability and use environmentally friendly materials in packaging solutions:
-Recyclable insulation containers: Our EPS and EPP containers are made of recyclable materials to reduce environmental impact.
-Biodegradable refrigerant and thermal medium: We provide biodegradable gel ice bags and phase change materials, safe and environmentally friendly, to reduce waste.
2. Reusable solutions
We promote the use of reusable packaging solutions to reduce waste and reduce costs:
-Reusable insulation containers: Our EPP and VIP containers are designed for multiple use, providing long-term cost savings and environmental benefits.
-Reusable refrigerant: Our gel ice packs and phase change materials can be used multiple times to reduce the need for disposable materials.
3. Sustainable practice
We adhere to sustainable practices in our operations:
-Energy efficiency: We implement energy efficiency practices during manufacturing processes to reduce the carbon footprint.
-Reduce waste: We strive to minimize waste through efficient production processes and recycling programs.
-Green Initiative: We are actively involved in green initiatives and support environmental protection efforts.
