United States.
The outbreak of diseases caused by poor food preservation generates annual losses of the order of US $ 75 million, according to US authorities. For this reason, the government signed, in 2011, new laws to regulate health surveillance patterns.
The so-called Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) governs establishments that carry out any type of food marketing. But, the novelty is that until the end of 2016 new rules must be applied for companies considered large (with more than 500 employees). The aim is for them to have an electronic system for the prevention of this type of accidents and losses with food.
The solution to these most recent needs of the American market is coming from the other end of the continent. Full Gauge Controls, responsible for the development of Sitrad, a remote management system that meets exactly this type of requirement, is considerably increasing its supply for the local market.
The system, beyond working with temperature, humidity and voltage controllers, generates graphic and text reports and sends alarms when temperatures exceed the programmed values. "Our tool offers a very important differential for customers, as it guarantees the ease of managing the functionalities of the products remotely via the internet, by cell phone, notebook or computer, enabling, for example, the performance of preventive maintenance and the generation of performance reports", highlights the director Flávio Perguer.
According to Mister Mechanical, a company that has been providing HVAC-R services since 1992 in Denver, Colorado, the demand for Full Gauge Controls controllers compatible with sitrad has been increasing in recent months. "As large companies need to comply with the changes provided for by law even this year, we are carrying out many installations because of it," says Mister Mechanical installer Matthew Mikka.
With this determination, the American authorities seek to control, monitor, test and document the data, and that this allows preventive actions before the quality of the products is compromised. The prospect is that medium and small companies, with less than 500 employees, must adapt to the new standards until 2018.
