Food & Other Dry Commodities
Scope of Services
Food cargoes can encounter many complex and unforeseen problems in transit because they are highly sensitive to their environment and handling. A particular area of CWA's expertise is dealing with reefer cargoes where we offer expert guidance in refrigeration and ventilation technology. The scope of services through our Food Department includes:
- Advice on high risk cargoes - e.g. bananas
- Advice on the incidence of salmonella
- Cargo disposal & mitigation of loss
- Cargo self-heating incidents
- Commodity pricing studies
- Customised training
- Expert Witness
- Food regulation compliance
- Food safety & toxicological studies
- Forensic investigation of food spoilage
- Fungus & moulds
- HACCP studies
- Incident investigation worldwide
- Independent sampling & testing
- Infestation & fumigation
- Investigation of cargo deterioration
- Investigation of cargo tainting incidents
- Moisture migration studies
- Perishable cargo preservation
- Reefer performance studies
- Stowage & ventilation
- Wet damage cargo surveys
