At RD&T we regularly work with companies to help them test and develop products or to help them produce product more efficiently. Recently RD&T have worked with Pure Cold, Clark Doors, apetito and Union Industries to help them develop products or processes:

Pure Cold -a retail display manufacturer. RD&T helped develop an energy efficient and low temperature multi-deck cabinet.

Clark Doors - a manufacturer of a novel rapid roll cold store door that RD&T helped test and develop.

The Energy Related Products Framework Directive (formerly known as the Energy Using Products Directive) will develop MEPS (Minimum Energy Performance Standards) for a number of refrigerated appliances. . Work to develop MEPS has been carried out under a number of tasks called ‘lots’. The latest information from Lot 1 dealing with refrigerating and freezing equipment (including commercial service cabinets, blast chiller/freezer cabinets, walk-in cold rooms, industrial process chillers and packaged condensing units) is now available.

The British Frozen Food Federation (BFFF) launched the world’s first frozen food report at the House of Commons on 2 Nov. The report features a chapter on frozen food technology and quality written by RD&T. The chapter covers why food is frozen, the freezing process, freezing technologies and systems, frozen storage life, novel freezing techniques and current issues that are relevant to frozen food producers. Entitled ‘British Frozen Food Industry– A Food Vision’ the report the document includes chapters on:

• The frozen food market
• Frozen food technology and quality
• Frozen food sustainability and social responsibility
• Frozen food nutrition

The report highlights how frozen can contribute towards Defra’s vision of a ‘healthy, sustainable and secure food supply’.