BS PAS 1018:2017 (MANDARIN) specifies requirements for the provision and operation of indirect, temperature-controlled refrigerated delivery services for refrigerated parcels (which might contain temperature-sensitive goods) in land transport refrigerated vehicles. It includes all refrigerated delivery service stages from acceptance (receipt) of a chilled or frozen parcel from the delivery service user, through to its delivery at the designated destination, including intermediate transfer of the refrigerated parcels between refrigerated vehicles and via a geographical routing system. This PAS also includes requirements for resources, operations and communications to delivery service users. It is intended for application by refrigerated delivery service providers.

PAS 1018 does not cover requirements for refrigerated parcel delivery via modes of transport such as airplane, ship or train. It also does not cover separate requirements for refrigerated parcels that may be transported in ambient temperatures due to the fact that they contain their own refrigeration materials (e.g. ice packs, refrigerated foam bricks, dry ice blocks) and are surrounded and enclosed by sealed thermoprotective packaging that creates a separate refrigerated climate to that provided within the delivery service. However, these types of refrigerated parcels may be transported through a refrigerated delivery service.

This PAS does not cover direct refrigerated courier services in which chilled parcels and frozen parcels are collected from the delivery service user and transported directly to a recipient without in-transit transfer. It does not cover requirements for the quality or specifically for measuring the temperature of the contents of the chilled parcels or frozen parcels being delivered and their pre-point of receipt state, but does set the requirements for the refrigerated delivery service carrying them. It also does not cover the transport of medical devices and medical equipment.


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