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A prominent carbon consultancy firm is calling on the British government to refocus its energy reduction and refinement attentions on what they call the 'cold economy'. Carbon Trust says that refocusing carbon reduction strategies and improving everything from portable refrigeration to environmental cooling could create tens of thousands of jobs while also helping Britain reach its carbon reduction goals.

When talking about what we do here at Icecool Trailers, the context is often providing temporary refrigeration for food service applications. This is not without reason. The majority of our business involves food service companies, including restaurants and caterers. Yet there is more to what we do than just protecting food from spoilage. Another important part of our business is medical refrigeration that involves refrigerated trailers and walk-in cold rooms.

Talk to the average person on the street about frozen food and you are likely to hear comments about it being flavourless and lacking important nutrients as compared to fresh foods. Indeed, frozen food has a bad reputation that has been around for decades. Now, national supermarket chain Sainsbury's is aiming to change that by educating consumers in the facts about frozen food.

The winter months can be pretty slow for portable refrigeration companies, at least where emergency fridge rental is concerned. The colder weather makes it easier for business owners to decide to temporarily store items outdoors when refrigeration goes down. They are banking on the weather remaining cold until their refrigeration problems are solved. We would suggest this is not a wise strategy.

An outbreak of avian influenza (bird flu) this past November (2014) has resulted in a slower export market for spent hens, as importing countries are being especially cautious with the poultry meat products brought in to their markets. The current conditions have led to falling prices and increased demand for temporary refrigeration at processing plants and wholesale distribution outlets.

The difficulty with raw milk is the fact that it contains the natural bacteria present in the animals producing it. While this natural bacteria is not necessarily harmful in and of itself, it can become harmful if it is allowed to multiply. In addition, poor hygiene practices at the local level can introduce additional bacteria that could be harmful. Proper cold storage can prevent such contaminants from proliferating in raw milk supplies.