The first thing asked in an audit or a customer query is the paperwork. This page separates what is certified on the Isotec side, what the certificate does not cover, and how a cold chain is proven after the fact - three things that are often mixed up.

What is certified

On its product page, GEBHARDT describes Isotec TBX as ATP and HACCP certified for food logistics and says that an external test institute regularly assesses the container and production processes. That is the scope published by GEBHARDT. For a particular product and use, verify the current scope from the certificate copy before relying on it.

What ATP and HACCP mean

ATP is the agreement on the international carriage of perishable foodstuffs and addresses transport equipment and carriage conditions. HACCP is a site-specific food-safety management approach: it requires hazards and critical control points to be identified and monitored. Their appearance on the same product page does not give them the same scope or let equipment replace the operator's HACCP plan.

How to verify the document

The product page is the first source; for a tender, audit or contract, the evidence to rely on is the current document copy. Check the issuing body, product/model scope, document number, date and validity on that copy.

Equipment certification is not carrier certification

This is the point most often confused: a certified container does not mean the whole transport operation is compliant. In Türkiye there can be separate obligations on the carrier, the vehicle and the goods; those are not the subject of an equipment page. We cover the regulatory side separately in our articles.

A container's certificate describes the equipment; whether your trip is compliant is settled by the obligations on the carrier side.

Temperature records: proving it afterwards

Equipment documentation shows the product scope stated by GEBHARDT; a trip record shows what happened during that carriage. GEBHARDT points to 4smartlogistics for recording lid openings and the route temperature profile. Whether that record is sufficient for a decision also depends on sensor position, calibration, sampling interval and product acceptance criteria.

What you show in an audit

  • The current document, product scope and validity supporting the manufacturer's ATP and HACCP statement
  • Per-trip temperature profile and the lid-opening record
  • Your own internal records of pre-cooling and plate preparation