A Study On Glitches Involved In The Frozen Chain Management In Coimbatore District

Abstract

A cold chain or frozen chain is a temperature-controlled supply chain. An uninterrupted cold chain is never-ending series of refrigerated production, storage and distribution activities, along with associated apparatus and logistics, which maintain a desired low- temperature range. It is used to preserve and to extend and ensure the shelf life of products, such as  fresh  agricultural produce,seafood, frozen  food, photographic  film,  chemicals,  and pharmaceutical drugs. Such products, during transport and when in temporary storage, are sometimes called cool cargo. Unlike other goods or merchandise, cold chain goods are perishable and always enroute towards end use or  destination, even when held temporarily in cold stores and hence commonly referred to as cargo during its entirelogistics cycle.  frozenchain logistics includes all of the means used to ensure a constant temperature for a product that is not heat stable, from the time it is manufactured until the time it is used. Moreover, frozen chain is considered as a science, a technology and a procedure.  It is a science as it requires the understanding of the chemical and biological processes associated with product perishability. It is a technology as it relies on physical means to ensure desirable temperature conditions along the supply chain.  It is a process as a series of tasks must be executed to manufacture, store, transport and monitor temperature sensitiveproducts.