The most time-consuming part of planning a mixed load is assembling which product has to travel at which temperature. The inspection guide of Turkey's Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure prepared that list for inspectors; the same list works for the person loading the vehicle.
The frozen side
| Foodstuff | Temperature |
|---|---|
| Ice cream | -20 °C |
| Frozen fish and seafood | -18 °C |
| All quick-frozen foodstuffs | -18 °C |
| All frozen foodstuffs | -12 °C |
| Frozen margarine | -10 °C |
For ice cream the guide lists classes FRC and FRCX, RRC and RRCX, and BRI, BRJ, BRK, BRL. The -18 and -12 °C groups share the same list of classes. For frozen margarine the list runs from FRC and FRB through RRB and RRC to BRE and onwards to BRL.
The chilled side
| Foodstuff | Temperature |
|---|---|
| Red meat, offal excluded | +7 °C |
| Raw milk | +6 °C |
| Meat products, pasteurised milk, margarine | +6 °C or the temperature stated on the label |
| Fresh dairy (yoghurt, kefir, cream, fresh cheese) | +6 °C or the temperature stated on the label |
| Ready-cooked foods (meat, fish, vegetables) | +6 °C or the temperature stated on the label |
| Ready-to-eat raw vegetables and vegetable products | +6 °C or the temperature stated on the label |
| Concentrated fruit juice | +6 °C or the temperature stated on the label |
| Poultry | +6 °C or the temperature stated on the label |
| Offal | +4 °C |
| Minced meat | +3 °C |
| Unprocessed fish and seafood (molluscs, crustaceans) | +2 °C |
The phrase about the label
For the products in the middle group the guide leaves two options: +6 °C, or the temperature stated on the label and in the transport documents. Where the producer has written a narrower band, that is the one that applies. Where the two disagree, the label wins. This line explains why looking at the label is the first step in any dispute over a shipment.
Set the numbers side by side and the decision to be taken about carrying different temperatures on one trip becomes concrete.
Three practical conclusions from the table. First, minced meat and red meat are not the same regime. The four degrees between them can mean two compartments or two containers in one vehicle.
Second, ice cream is the coldest line in the list. Minus twenty is two degrees below the general frozen regime, and those two degrees change the equipment class.
Third, unprocessed fish sits at +2 °C, at the bottom of the chilled group. A product carried on ice occupies the narrowest band on paper as well.
The equivalent on the domestic side
The guide states that the foods which may be carried in vehicles holding a domestic perishable-goods carriage document are determined by the ATP equivalent of the domestic marking. It gives the example directly: products carried under FRC may also be carried under T-FrC.
