Transform Your Food Supply Chain For Traceability & Transparency

Dpstar is a leading provider of industrial measurement and instrumentation solutions for the food, beverage, and agriculture industries. Dpstar has dedicated over 30 years of experience to providing commercial food monitoring tools for all levels of the food retail industry, providing critical information immediately and wirelessly with alarm notification and electronic data records for a comprehensive HACCP System. At Dpstar, we understand the complex process of food and beverage processing, production, and distribution. From farm to table, we know the importance of accurate data throughout your food products’ lifecycles. Our instrumentation solutions are designed to help you monitor essential environmental data so your assets, and consumers, stay protected.

When it comes to food storage, managing the temperature, humidity, and airflow are critical to ensuring the long-term storage of fruits, vegetables, or other products.  Many food products rely on tightly controlled storage temperatures to prevent bacterial growth. Fresh fish, meats, and dairy products spoil if exposed to warmer temperatures for too long. Spoilage affects the food’s integrity and taste and may also cause foodborne illnesses. Frozen foods, too, can degrade if thawed and refrozen. For many fruits and vegetables, cool, dry conditions are required for proper storage.  Maintaining a controlled storage area helps prevent mold, product degradation, and preserve freshness. For fruits and vegetables, such as apples, berries, mushrooms, and avocados, maintaining a cool-to-cold environment with a moist environment is key to maintaining an optimal product.  In the instance of garlic and onions, a cool, dry environment is needed to preserve harvested produce. Regardless of whether the product was grown in a greenhouse or an outdoor farm, the products must be properly maintained in an ideal climate while awaiting market.

What is Storage & Transportation?

Storage and transportation allow food products to reach different stages of the supply chain. Storage and Transportation are temporary steps that prepare food to be entered into production plants and to be sent to distribution centers and retail stores (commercialization stage). Foods that can be stored and transported include:

  • Raw materials
  • Additives
  • WIP (Work-in-Process)
  • Packaging materials
  • Packaged goods (finished)

Food can travel a long and extensive journey before it reaches a restaurant or store. It is vital that at every step of this journey, all food items are effectively stored and at the correct temperature to remain the best quality possible. Finished products and raw materials have different lifespans depending on the items to be delivered. By being aware of the factors that affect the quality of products during transport, you can implement techniques that prevent large financial losses, such as humidity control for produce.

During packaging, transportation, and storage of fresh agricultural produce, food losses are often induced as a result of a reduction in the quality (e.g., color, texture, mass) of the produce. These post-harvest handling operations affect the nutritional and sensory quality of the agricultural produce, the mass of the fresh produce as well as the quantity of fresh produce available to the consumers. The quality of fresh agricultural produce can be referred to as the excellent characteristics of such products that are acceptable to a consumer. Adequate in-transit monitoring of environmental conditions and changes in the quality attributes of fresh produce during transport and storage will help reduce food losses and ensure the availability and accessibility of fresh fruits and vegetables with high nutritional density to the consumers. Therefore, emerging technologies are needed to help reduce the overall quality loss of fresh agricultural produce, thereby reducing food losses in the postharvest supply chain.

Measurement Parameters

Various factors can have a negative impact on a product during transportation and storage. Below are the most common parameters to be monitored to ensure product quality:

Measurement Parameters

Various factors can have a negative impact on a product during transportation and storage. Below are the most common parameters to be monitored to ensure product quality:

Temperature

During the production, storage, and transport of food, continuous temperature controls must be carried out to keep your food safe. This not only serves to ensure the quality of the products but also protects the health and safety of the consumer. Cooked or frozen food stored and transported outside of a recommended temperature range can cause bacteria and fungus growth. In order to comply with legal regulations and keep products at the desired temperature, temperature deviations during production, storage and transport must be alarmed and documented.

Temperature

During the production, storage, and transport of food, continuous temperature controls must be carried out to keep your food safe. This not only serves to ensure the quality of the products but also protects the health and safety of the consumer. Cooked or frozen food stored and transported outside of a recommended temperature range can cause bacteria and fungus growth. In order to comply with legal regulations and keep products at the desired temperature, temperature deviations during production, storage and transport must be alarmed and documented.

Humidity

Monitoring humidity ensures that the growth of microorganisms in food and medications remains below critical levels. Controlling humidity also helps to maintain the structural integrity of paper and cardboard or to avoid corrosion of metals during a long transatlantic journey in a shipping container.

Humidity

Monitoring humidity ensures that the growth of microorganisms in food and medications remains below critical levels. Controlling humidity also helps to maintain the structural integrity of paper and cardboard or to avoid corrosion of metals during a long transatlantic journey in a shipping container.

Carbon dioxide (CO2)

Gases for the food and beverage industry are used across the value chain from production and packaging to storage and transportation. Gas purity is essential for quality and health reasons and traces impurity measurements are a part of many processes. CO2 has a wide variety of uses across the whole food industry. As well as being used for fizzy drinks, CO2 is used in drying to extend fruit and vegetables’ shelf-life, as dry ice for goods refrigeration in transit, stunning animals before slaughter, as well as many others. To extend the storage life of a product it is necessary to pre-set temperature and monitor carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration in the storage facilities. Moreover, monitoring CO2 levels is essential to ensure the safety of personnel working in warehouses and production facilities.

Carbon dioxide (CO2)

Gases for the food and beverage industry are used across the value chain from production and packaging to storage and transportation. Gas purity is essential for quality and health reasons and traces impurity measurements are a part of many processes. CO2 has a wide variety of uses across the whole food industry. As well as being used for fizzy drinks, CO2 is used in drying to extend fruit and vegetables’ shelf-life, as dry ice for goods refrigeration in transit, stunning animals before slaughter, as well as many others. To extend the storage life of a product it is necessary to pre-set temperature and monitor carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration in the storage facilities. Moreover, monitoring CO2 levels is essential to ensure the safety of personnel working in warehouses and production facilities.

Dpstar’s Measurement Benefits

Have confidence that items are properly stored and handled.

Food Safety

Ensure that everyone in your facility has access to safe, healthy food.

Loss Prevention

Avoid costly food waste with continuous temperature monitoring.

Compliance

Compliance made simple with all applicable regulatory guidelines.

Staff Efficiency

Eliminate the need for manual temperature monitoring.

Food Safety

Ensure that everyone in your facility has access to safe, healthy food.

Loss Prevention

Avoid costly food waste with continuous temperature monitoring.

Compliance

Compliance made simple with all applicable regulatory guidelines.

Staff Efficiency

Eliminate the need for manual temperature monitoring.

Solutions For Optimal Storage & Safety Conditions

Solutions For Optimal Storage & Safety Conditions

Fruit & Vegetable Storage Monitoring

Ideal storage conditions are needed for fruits and vegetables to protect the crops against loss of moisture, decay and aging. The challenge lies in reaching these ideal conditions and maintaining them, due to the special conditions needed in these storage facilities. By monitoring CO2, humidity and temperature in food storages, you can ensure products’ freshness and taste, and reduce waste. In order to protect food and beverages in food environments for a long time and without deterioration, it must be monitored and continuously monitored with sensor equipment placed in their environment.

Dpstar offers a range of CO2, humidity and temperature instruments for food storage applications, that are designed to perform in these high humidity environments. You can choose the Vaisala Monitoring System to monitor the temperature, humidity 24/7, report temperature and humidity values during transportation and in the environments where food and beverages are stored, and to make continuous improvements and maintain the quality standard. Vaisala Systems does not only monitor the environments, but also provides you with analysis results and performance reports to keep the environments stable.

Fruit & Vegetable Storage Monitoring

Ideal storage conditions are needed for fruits and vegetables to protect the crops against loss of moisture, decay and aging. The challenge lies in reaching these ideal conditions and maintaining them, due to the special conditions needed in these storage facilities. By monitoring CO2, humidity and temperature in food storages, you can ensure products’ freshness and taste, and reduce waste. In order to protect food and beverages in food environments for a long time and without deterioration, it must be monitored and continuously monitored with sensor equipment placed in their environment.

Dpstar offers a range of CO2, humidity and temperature instruments for food storage applications, that are designed to perform in these high humidity environments. You can choose the Vaisala Monitoring System to monitor the temperature, humidity 24/7, report temperature and humidity values during transportation and in the environments where food and beverages are stored, and to make continuous improvements and maintain the quality standard. Vaisala Systems does not only monitor the environments, but also provides you with analysis results and performance reports to keep the environments stable.

Condensation Monitoring

Condensation is common in many food manufacturing facilities, particularly those whose operations include both cool and warm processes. And if not mitigated and controlled, condensation can be a crucial cause of food adulteration. Condensation is caused from relative humidity and air temperature differentials in an environment (psychrometrics). The condensation can cause a water droplet to fall onto the food product. If contaminated, this water droplet could be a source of bacterial, chemical, or foreign material contamination for the food.

Proper humidity control prevents condensation on refrigerated cases. Cabinets with surface heaters prevent moisture from forming by keeping the surface temperature above ambient dew point. Accurate monitoring of moisture levels in the air can reduce unnecessary heating and reduce energy costs. Dpstar offers a variety of humidity and dew point instruments to accurately monitor moisture levels.

Condensation Monitoring

Condensation is common in many food manufacturing facilities, particularly those whose operations include both cool and warm processes. And if not mitigated and controlled, condensation can be a crucial cause of food adulteration. Condensation is caused from relative humidity and air temperature differentials in an environment (psychrometrics). The condensation can cause a water droplet to fall onto the food product. If contaminated, this water droplet could be a source of bacterial, chemical, or foreign material contamination for the food.

Proper humidity control prevents condensation on refrigerated cases. Cabinets with surface heaters prevent moisture from forming by keeping the surface temperature above ambient dew point. Accurate monitoring of moisture levels in the air can reduce unnecessary heating and reduce energy costs. Dpstar offers a variety of humidity and dew point instruments to accurately monitor moisture levels.

CO2 Refrigerant Monitoring

Refrigeration and freezing are important processes in production, storaging and trading of food and beverages. Carbon dioxide (CO2) is an inexpensive, energy efficient and environmentally friendly refrigerant. However, the gas can leak and when in high concentrations, impose risk to life. CO2 is heavier than air, colorless and odorless, which means that it is impossible to control its level without special measurement equipment. R744 refrigerant concentration level must be controlled in accordance with local regulations. To ensure safety of people in CO2 refrigerated facilities, CO2 levels must be monitored in places where potential refrigerant leaks can occur.

Dpstar’s instruments can provide actionable, real-time data on leaks in refrigerators to reduce costs and maintain environmental compliance. They are specialty designed to accurately measure CO2 ­levels in the surrounding atmosphere for a precise readout of personal exposure levels in the user’s immediate space and alert users when the immediate surrounding environment contains hazardous gas levels.

CO2 Refrigerant Monitoring

Refrigeration and freezing are important processes in production, storaging and trading of food and beverages. Carbon dioxide (CO2) is an inexpensive, energy efficient and environmentally friendly refrigerant. However, the gas can leak and when in high concentrations, impose risk to life. CO2 is heavier than air, colorless and odorless, which means that it is impossible to control its level without special measurement equipment. R744 refrigerant concentration level must be controlled in accordance with local regulations. To ensure safety of people in CO2 refrigerated facilities, CO2 levels must be monitored in places where potential refrigerant leaks can occur.

Dpstar’s instruments can provide actionable, real-time data on leaks in refrigerators to reduce costs and maintain environmental compliance. They are specialty designed to accurately measure CO2 ­levels in the surrounding atmosphere for a precise readout of personal exposure levels in the user’s immediate space and alert users when the immediate surrounding environment contains hazardous gas levels.

Food Warehousing

Food Warehousing needs to be regulated at all times to keep products in safe conditions for consumption. If the environment factors in a warehouse become too extreme, food and beverages can be compromised which can lead to making consumers very sick. It is a great decision for warehouses, especially those containing sensitive materials such as food, to invest in environment monitoring. Environment monitoring allows warehouses to stay aware of the conditions of environmental factors. For example, if water is detected in a food warehouse, environment monitoring provides you that information so you can step in and handle the situation before it becomes serious water damage.

It is crucial for certain foods and drinks to stay at specific temperatures, especially perishable foods as the growth rate of potentially harmful bacteria slows down drastically below specific temperatures. The type of food or drink product will determine the storage temperature required:

  • Frozen food must be stored at a minimum of 0° F
  • Dry food must be stored between 50° and 70° F
  • Refrigerator chilled food must be stored between 34° to 39° F

Room Alert can help by monitoring the correct chilled temperatures and by alerting you if your food warehouse loses power for extended periods which allows you to save any foods or drinks that can be negatively impacted through loss of refrigeration. Vaisala’s humidity and temperature transmitter portfolio includes products for measuring various humidity parameters such as relative humidity, dew point, and frost point in wide operating temperature ranges.

Food Warehousing

Food Warehousing needs to be regulated at all times to keep products in safe conditions for consumption. If the environment factors in a warehouse become too extreme, food and beverages can be compromised which can lead to making consumers very sick. It is a great decision for warehouses, especially those containing sensitive materials such as food, to invest in environment monitoring. Environment monitoring allows warehouses to stay aware of the conditions of environmental factors. For example, if water is detected in a food warehouse, environment monitoring provides you that information so you can step in and handle the situation before it becomes serious water damage.

It is crucial for certain foods and drinks to stay at specific temperatures, especially perishable foods as the growth rate of potentially harmful bacteria slows down drastically below specific temperatures. The type of food or drink product will determine the storage temperature required:

  • Frozen food must be stored at a minimum of 0° F
  • Dry food must be stored between 50° and 70° F
  • Refrigerator chilled food must be stored between 34° to 39° F

Room Alert can help by monitoring the correct chilled temperatures and by alerting you if your food warehouse loses power for extended periods which allows you to save any foods or drinks that can be negatively impacted through loss of refrigeration. Vaisala’s humidity and temperature transmitter portfolio includes products for measuring various humidity parameters such as relative humidity, dew point, and frost point in wide operating temperature ranges.

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Dpstar’s instrumentation and monitoring expertise extends to a wide variety of sectors. We provide reliable, high-quality instruments and can help you achieve efficiency and sustainability with accurate, high-precision control and monitoring equipment that complies with the strictest hygiene requirements. Our commitment to your project ensures that we are with you throughout the whole life of your project. We are driven to innovate and bring the latest technologies to the instrumentation and monitoring solutions for your industrial applications.

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