Global Food & Beverage Trade
Platform Overview.
Food crosses borders against a clock. A pallet of chilled goods has a shelf life measured in days and a customs window measured in hours, and missing either one can turn the whole consignment into a loss. FMC trades shelf-stable and temperature-controlled food and drink against both clocks at once.
We buy from established producers and newer brands alike, then place each product where its labelling, certification and provenance will actually clear — because an import refused at the port is a total loss, not a delay.
Operating Layer.
Reefer containers run to a set temperature and report it the whole voyage, so a half-degree drift on a perishable load triggers a call while the cargo can still be saved.
Producers are qualified against the destination food-safety regime — HACCP plans, allergen controls, residue limits — and re-audited rather than taken on trust once cleared.
We stage health certificates and import permits to land with the freight, because chilled goods held at the border for missing paperwork rarely survive the wait.
Control & Compliance.
When a recall comes, the question is how fast you can name every affected lot.
Lot codes link each consignment to its producer, its harvest or production date and its test results, so a withdrawal reaches only the cases it has to.
Labels are checked against the rules of the receiving market — ingredient order, allergen declarations, nutrition format — before goods leave origin.
Systems Infrastructure.
Temperature logs from each reefer are tied to the lot and kept as evidence, available the moment a buyer or an inspector asks for the journey record.
Expiry dates are tracked across the network so stock is dispatched shortest-life-first, and slow-moving lots are flagged before they reach a margin that no longer sells.
Every consignment travels against its own expiry date.
We get it there with shelf life to spare.