Hygienic assessment of the thermos car for transporting food products

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Recently, due to the increasing volume of traffic and the lack of specialized transport, new engineering solutions are being sought, one of which is the modernization of the existing fleet of thermos cars to extend their service life. The aim of this study was the hygienic assessment of the modernized thermos car model 16-6894 for its compliance with the current Rules for the carriage of perishable goods by rail. Perishable goods include food products requiring compliance with certain temperature and humidity conditions during storage and transportation. To confirm the compliance of the temperature in the thermos car with the requirements of sanitary and hygienic rules and regulations, a corresponding study was conducted. According to a special program, tests were carried out to determine the time of heating the air in a thermos car using a simulator of deep-frozen products (frozen water) in order to further establish the deadlines for transportation in the summer and transitional periods of the year. The result of the research was the development of computer software that allows predicting the timing of transportation of any frozen food for certain specified conditions.

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T. S. Tikhova

All-Russian Research Institute of Railway Hygiene of the Federal Service for the Oversight of Consumer Protection and Welfare

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Russian Federation

Valery A. Kaptsov

All-Russian Research Institute of Railway Hygiene of the Federal Service for the Oversight of Consumer Protection and Welfare

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MD, Ph.D., DSci., Professor, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Head of the Department of Occupational Health of the All-Russian Research Institute of Railway Hygiene of the Federal Service for the Oversight of Consumer Protection and Welfare, Moscow, Russian Federation, 125438; Joint Stock Company “Russian Railways”, Moscow, 107174, Russian Federation.

e-mail: kaptsovva39@mail.ru

Russian Federation

L. P. Korotich

All-Russian Research Institute of Railway Hygiene of the Federal Service for the Oversight of Consumer Protection and Welfare

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Russian Federation

A. G. Leksin

All-Russian Research Institute of Railway Hygiene of the Federal Service for the Oversight of Consumer Protection and Welfare

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Russian Federation

A. V. Morgunov

All-Russian Research Institute of Railway Hygiene of the Federal Service for the Oversight of Consumer Protection and Welfare

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Russian Federation

References

  1. SanPiN 2.3.2.1324-03 «Hygienic requirements for shelf life and conditions of food storage». (in Russian)
  2. GN 2.2.5.1313-03 «Maximum permissible concentrations (MPC) of harmful substances in the air of the working area». (in Russian)
  3. GN 2.1.6.2309-07 «Approximate safe levels of exposure (footwear) of pollutants in the atmospheric air of populated areas». (in Russian)
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  7. “Unified sanitary-epidemiological and hygienic requirements for goods subject to sanitary-epidemiological supervision (control)”, approved by the Decision of the Commission of the Customs Union of 28.05.2010 N 299. (in Russian)

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