"In addition to the “TIME AND TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE” text I suggest we add “DO NOT DELAY”. Time and Temperature Sensitive tells you what the product is; Do Not Delay tells you what to do with it." -
"What happened with the label brought up in agenda item C/3, with specified temperature ranges and commodity name? These are details handler would find very useful and shippers – reassuring." - A. R., Emirates Airlines
"AR., since you were not present let me fill you in. We have incl. in chapter 17 examples of labels that could be used without making them mandatory. We did this with the objective of establishing what the various stakeholders from the trade want and revisit the issue at another board meeting. Once these trade requirements are clear, an agenda proposal could be submitted to make the labels mandatory and reflected in PCR 7.6"
"Below some of my thoughts:
as far as I know the pharma trade does not want to attract attention to contents due to theft/pilferage/loss concerns. On the other hand there is a need to tell/communicate handlers what to do with the packages/containers in terms of acceptance and handling. In my opinion the label then serves the purpose of saying this is a time and temperature sensitive shipment handle according to the established process & procedure established between carrier - ffw - shpr as in PCR 17.11
We could for example agree to have fig 17.9.A applicable only for active units
17.9.B for a given temperature range and 17.9C for another range as used/engineered for by passive units and create another one for a third range.
We could allow blank space or include at the bottom additional wording such as suggested by G. P.
Again these labels would be for health care logistics only - other segments such as edibles would continue to use label as in PCR 7.6." - Eric Raemdonck, IATA
"Following the Time & Temp label, I would like to comment on the space where temp. ranges can be mentioned like ( between 15 to 18 C ) and so on .
I could not see it on the label .
We instruct our staff when accepting a shpt of temp. sensitive items ( not to accept the shpt unless we have a temp range of about 03C . Since maintaining the temp. on the ramp is a difficult issue and if the shipper is using the (temp. tail) monitors, it is very easy to trace the variation.
Don't you agree ?!!!!" - W. K.
