How do you choose a frozen-food box for multi-drop delivery?

For frozen food the limit is -18 °C, and a short rise in distribution may not exceed 3 °C. Because the lid opens at every stop, the box is chosen for the final stop.

5 May 2026Updated 28 September 2026

Short answer

Frozen food must be at -18 °C or colder at every point, and a short rise during transport and distribution may not exceed 3 °C (Communiqué 2014/47, Article 5). Because the lid opens at every stop, the box is chosen for the final stop and the logger goes in the box delivered last.

For frozen food the yardstick is Article 5 of the Quick-Frozen Foods Communiqué (2014/47): the product is at -18 °C or colder at every point, and a possible short rise during transport and distribution does not exceed 3 °C. On a multi-drop route the lid opens at every stop, warm air enters and, as the load shrinks, the position of product and coolant changes.

The box is therefore chosen for the final stop, not the first: the logger goes in the box delivered last and opened most. Giving each stop its own box or compartment keeps the next customer's load closed while the earlier ones are served.

On the castor base of the GEBHARDT Isotec TBX the goods travel from the vehicle to the point of sale without the container being unloaded.