Cooking and sterilising food with autoclaves is essential to ensure the safety, quality and shelf life of products in the food industry. This is especially true in sectors such as tinned vegetables and pre-cooked pulses, where autoclaves are crucial to delivering safe, tasty products with...
Maritime ports are some of the most important infrastructures when it comes to exporting foodstuff. They’re essential to this type of international trade because they enable the transfer of goods between ships and ground transport. With good road and rail connections, they facilitate internal goods...
A supplier risk analysis is a systematic process aimed at identifying and evaluating possible risks associated with suppliers in the food supply chain. Such an analysis covers risks related to product quality, the supplier’s ability to meet deadlines, compliance with local and international regulations as...
Food export is a complicated process that requires precise and highly efficient logistics organisation, as well as preparing a large number of documents, to ensure that the food reaches its destination in optimal condition and on time. Based on whether it is perishable or not,...
After a year of uncertainty due to inflation, drought, legislative changes and rising energy, raw material and ancillary material costs, the food industry heads into 2024 with various challenges ahead. Over the next 12 months, food manufacturers are to face a number of obstacles which...
Incoterms or shipping terms are three-letter abbreviations used in exports. They were created by the International Chamber of Commerce at the beginning of the 20th century to break down the language barriers in these commercial operations and to facilitate communication between importing and exporting companies. Thus,...
Customs documentation is essential for importing and exporting foodstuffs (and any other type of product). These documents must be presented to customs, the public authority in each state responsible for controlling the movement of people and/or goods in a territory. This work is done for travel...
The purchase of food through the Internet is increasing due to the many advantages it offers: it is more comfortable, it allows you to choose from a wide range of products, it allows you to quickly compare prices, it allows you to see the opinions...