Reefermen beat EC
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• Reefer operators took the initiative last week to set new industry standards ahead of European legislation and help price 'cowboy' operators out of business.
Speakers at the Transfrigoroute conference urged operators to equip their reefers with temperature recorders before EC legislation obliges them to, and they called on the Department of Transport to recognise ATP, the UN standard for the movement of perishable goods.
The conference, held at Transfrigoroute's AGM, elected Tom Inglis, Sun Valley's director of transport distribution and services, as its new chairman. He replaces Graham Eames, boss of Hargrave International.
EC legislation will oblige reefer operators carrying frozen food to fit temperature recorders by June 1992 at a cost of up to £1,000 per vehicle. The legislation will require a maximum temperature of —18°C. Recorders will not be required for chilled food, but Graham Fox, distribution planning manager of Ross Young, urged all operators to fit them to meet the law's requirement for due diligence. "The new legislation will help get rid of the cowboys in the trade". he told delegates.
Tony Palmer, sales development manager of York Titermostar, argued that "the UK industry should push for adoption of ATP.