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Featured Content

May 6, 2025 | By Ainsley Lawrence

Reevaluating the Cold Chain: A Strategic Look at Shelf-Life and Spoilage Risks

Rising global demand for fresh, perishable food is fueling major expansion in the food cold chain market, with technological innovation and stricter safety regulations accelerating the pace. Protecting cold chain integrity remains one of the most critical elements of food safety and quality management. Temperature-sensitive products require carefully controlled environments to maintain freshness, prevent spoilage, and comply with regulatory standards.

October 24, 2023 | By Anthony Zapata

High Pressure Processing Automation Improves Line Productivity, While Reducing Food Risks

High pressure processing (HPP) is a nonthermal food preservation technology that extends shelf life while maintaining quality and safety. Automating the HPP process increases efficiency, reduces labor costs and injuries, and provides traceability and reliability. HPP automation is helping companies maximize productivity and meet consumer demand for high-quality, fresh products.

July 27, 2022 | By Sara Bratager

The Future of Food Safety Is Data Driven

As the global food supply chain becomes increasingly complex, the food industry must integrate data-driven solutions by expanding the adoption of technologies that enable data collection, exchange and analysis.

January 15, 2021 | By Stephen Dombroski

Food Insecurity Vs. Food Waste: Producers and Manufacturers Can Affect the Balance

One of the most controversial social topics today is the status of the world’s food supply.

December 9, 2020 | By Food Safety Tech Staff

2020 FSC Episode 13 Preview: Traceability in Supply Chain Management

Industry experts will explore recalls, standards and how to prepare for blockchain in the new era of smarter food safety.

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Digital IoT visibility for the end-to-end temperature-controlled supply chain

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Cold Chain Visibility Resources

Ask the Expert Article:
Reducing Supply Chain Food Losses With Real-time Monitoring

Food loss and waste are serious concerns as an estimated one-third of all food goes in the garbage. Of that wasted food, 40 percent is coming at all levels of the supply chain and is primarily due to a lack of full visibility and control over products. Real-time supply chain monitoring solutions that leverage reusable data loggers are enabling enterprises to minimize product loss and actively reduce their carbon footprint.
Read more.

Webinar: COVID-19 - Strategies for Managing Supply Chain RiskWebinar:
COVID-19 - Strategies for Managing Supply Chain Risk

The COVID-19 pandemic has stressed the global temperature-controlled supply chain in unimaginable ways. Stakeholders working at every step in the supply chain are scrambling to ensure continuity and maintain product integrity. The risks to the cold supply chain are growing exponentially by the hour. Access this webinar to find out how real-time technology can help you quickly identify and respond to risks in the supply chain.
Watch now.

Webinar: Solving the Food Supply Chain Temperature Dilemma - Part 1: The Brand OwnerWebinar:
Solving the Food Supply Chain Temperature Dilemma - Part 1: The Brand Owner

When it comes to the temperature-controlled supply chain, siloed processes and data prevent brands from sufficiently identifying and mitigating food safety risks that can impact public health and diminish brand trust. Check out this webinar to learn how to approach cold chain complexity from a regulatory and risk perspective and gain total supply chain visibility and control.
Watch now.

Webinar:
Solving the Food Supply Chain Temperature Dilemma - Part 2: The Supply Chain

Concerning domestic and international shipping, each partner in the shipping, receiving, storage, and delivery chain will need to identify innovative ways to ensure the foods within their possession are kept safe and maintain the highest quality for the final consumer. This 60-minute webinar will help you understand the unique risks that international supply chains pose and ways to use technology to mitigate them.
Watch now.

Webinar:
Solving the Food Supply Chain Temperature Dilemma - Part 3: The Quality Owner

Quality owners are under increasing pressure to deliver the highest level of consistency, quality, and food safety that their customers expect. A single supply chain disruption can significantly impact an organization and cause substantial risk to consumer health. The webinar will help you find ways to take the supply chain from a "black hole" of data to one that works for you.
Watch now.

Webinar: Solving the Food Supply Chain Temperature Dilemma - Part 4: The Holistic SystemWebinar:
Solving the Food Supply Chain Temperature Dilemma - Part 4: The Holistic System

The FDA's New Era of Smarter Food Safety will challenge quality managers, brand owners, and supply chain leaders to test and implement new technologies that dramatically improve their food safety programs. The final webinar in this series provides you with opportunities to build supply chain collaboration and implement technologies to support that objective.
Watch now.

Webinar: What the Food Supply Chain Can Learn From the Pharmaceutical SectorWebinar:
What the Food Supply Chain Can Learn From the Pharmaceutical Sector

The pharmaceutical industry has nearly 30 years of experience in managing complex quality and control processes. It leverages supply chain technology needed in the food sector, including strict temperature management and location traceability of products. Access this on-demand webinar to see how technology increases transparency, accountability, and food quality and safety, and can help standardize industry best practices.
Watch now.

White Paper: A Food Safety Leader's Guide to Cold Chain VisibilityWhite Paper:
A Food Safety Leader's Guide to Cold Chain Visibility

How can you use technology to improve consumer safety and brand loyalty, enhance supplier and logistics relationships, access accurate supply chain data that you can confidently rely on, and protect your brand? Read this whitepaper and learn how to set the industry bar and drive continuous improvement across your temperature-controlled supply chain.
Download now.

White Paper: Selling Cold Chain Visibility to the C-SuiteWhite Paper:
Selling Cold Chain Visibility to the C-Suite

There are many touchpoints in the supply chain, and only a single break can have serious consequences for your customers' safety and your brand perception. So how do you protect against these threats and deliver benefits to your many stakeholders? Access this whitepaper to learn how to convey the benefits of a tech-enabled cold chain to management and the C-suite.
Download now.

Learn how Controlant digitally connects global temperature-controlled supply chains through real-time data.

Ask the Expert

  • Jeremy SchneiderPreparing for the New Era of Smarter Food Safety
  • How to Approach Technology Adoption in the New Era of Smarter Food Safety
  • Why Food Quality Managers Should Care About Real-Time Temperature Monitoring

Real-Time Insights

What the Food Supply Chain Can Learn From the Pharmaceutical industry

Measuring the ROI of innovative food supply chain technology

How real-time supply chain visibility is driving accountability and stronger supplier relationships

Controlant Solutions

Supply Chain Visibility Supply Chain Visibility: A combination of IoT data loggers, cloud software, and services protect product integrity, ensure FSMA compliance, and drive efficiency and process improvements across the supply chain.


Facility Monitoring Facility Monitoring: Wireless IoT loggers and gateways provide automated, continuous visibility of environmental conditions for manufacturing facilities, warehouses, distribution centers, and other temperature-controlled storage units.


Articles on Digital Supply Chain Transformation

  • The FDA’s new food safety dashboard for tracking FSMA progress
  • Leveraging technology in your food safety preventive controls

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