The Australian Food Cold Chain Council (AFCCC) is a non-for-profit group of industry leaders committed to reducing food wastage and improving innovation, compliance and food safety for the Australian community.
Services
IMPROVING COMPLIANCE
Working with all sections of the cold chain to greatly improve compliance to existing standards and regulations
A CONDUIT TO GOVERNMENT
Making the Council’s combined expertise available to Governments to achieve best environmental and food wastage outcomes
RESOURCE REPOSITORY
Collecting and sharing of Australian and global standards, codes and regulations relating to food handling
FOOD WASTE FOCUS
Applying the Council’s tools, technologies and workforce to reduce food wastage through better cold chain practices
COMMUNITY ALERTS
Encouraging and motivating organisations closest to the community to change household food management and waste culture
GROW THE MEMBERSHIP
Encouraging wider responsibility for better food management by growing its membership and its expertise
About Us
The Australian Food Cold Chain Council, established in August, 2017, is Australia's first advocacy group to improve compliance and standards in the handling of food at all levels of the cold chain. It is affiliated with the Global Food Cold Chain Council.
CREDIBLE
Australia's leaders of the cold chain industry, covering manufacturing, food transport, refrigeration and cold chain services are determined to be part of the solution to food wastage and its environmental damage.
KNOWLEDGEABLE
The AFCCC is industry focused and extremely capable, and will apply whatever pressure is needed to change the industry for the better.
OUR CURRENT PROJECTS
AFCCC URGES TEMPERATURE IMPORTANCE AT APEC
The crucial importance of constant temperature monitoring of food in transit was stressed by AFCCC Chairman Mark Mitchell at the June 2018 APEC High Level Policy Dialogue on Food Waste, held in Taipei.
Read More
VIETNAM SUMMIT REVEALS CRITICAL ROLE OF EFFICIENT COLD CHAIN
The critical role of the cold chain in food supply and production was brought into sharp focus at another in the series of World Cold Chain Summits, held on 7 and 8 March 2018 in Ho Chi Min City, Vietnam, and attended by Australian Food Cold Chain Chairman Mark Mitchell.
Read More
NATIONAL FOOD WASTE STRATEGY
Within just a few months of its formation, the AFCCC has been honoured to be offered a seat on the National Food Waste Strategy Steering Committee that will guide the Australian Government's food waste mission to halve the country's food waste by 2030.
Read More
FIGHT FOOD WASTE COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE
AFCCC is involved in this new Centre, for which significant funding has recently been approved. The Federal Government has announced approval of a $30 million grant that is expected to play a big role in reducing food wastage.
Read MoreLATEST NEWS
AFCCC delivers key address at Queensland Horticulture Supply Chain Workshop Read More
RMIT and Empauer release new report on the role of packaging for Australian fresh produce Read More
Intergovernmental report for policy makers on climate change impact on food production Read More
Food wastage makes it onto the G20 future agenda Read More
Latest report from the Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security Read More
Australian Institute of Packaging and AFCCC partner in Fight Food Waste CRC Read More