Packing Procedure of Perishable items

Know how to package the perishables. It will depend on the actual food item how it should be
packaged, but there are some general guidelines that you could follow. Make sure that you allot
enough space in the box for cushioning material (such as bubble wrap or crumpled newspaper),
and that after this material has been added, the perishable item will not shake too much. As
much as possible, avoid sending food that requires refrigeration. If this is the case, know that
you’d really have to take extra steps to ensure that it stays cool throughout its journey. Pack the
food with dry ice or frozen gel packs (by the way, never, ever handle dry ice with your bare
hands, and make sure that the package has a “contains dry ice” label outside).

The recommended components of a perishable food that requires refrigeration is as follows:

A corrugated sturdy box where you place the dry ice, an insulated cooler (with a cover) where
you place the perishable item and the above-mentioned sturdy box, and a polyethylene film
where you put everything. Finally, make sure that you secure the package with strong packing
tape, and not ordinary clear tape.

Corrugated Shipping box.

We provide the robust and sturdy Corrugated Shipping Boxes to meet the diverse packaging
needs of industries such as foods and beverages, pharmaceuticals, gifts & novelties &
glassware. These are available in variety of sizes, shapes and thickness. Available in different
load capacities, corrugated shipping boxes are widely preferred by bulk buyers. These are
strong but light weight boxes delivering great performances. Our boxes are made up of multi-
layer wall corrugation and are known to be extremely light in weight

Alert the recipient of your package.

Though you may be tempted to send the package as a surprise, this is not recommended. For
one, the recipient may decide to open it, say, on Christmas day (and what a great surprise for
him to get rotten food!). Alert him that he should refrigerate the perishable item as soon as he
receives it. If the food contains meat, poultry, seafood, dairy products, or fish, it is important
that the recipient checks the temperature with a food thermometer. If it is still frozen or at least
below 40 degrees Fahrenheit (or 4.5 degrees Celsius), then it’s still okay to eat. The key here is
that highly perishable food should never be warm – warm perishable food sent over the mail
will have disease-causing bacteria and cannot be eaten, not even if it still looks and tastes okay.

Contact an overnight shipping company and give them your address, as well as the destination
address, to ensure that they can deliver your package within 24 hours. Confirm/verify that they
are equipped to ship perishable items.
 • Tape the box closed with one to two layers of packing tape, reinforcing all of the box's open
seams.

• Put the correct mailing and return address on the box. If the box must be kept refrigerated or
frozen, write or use labels reading "Perishable: Keep Refrigerated" or "Perishable: Keep
Frozen" on the box.

• Perishable items like Flowers and Cakes are purchased and delivered only in the cities
specified. All other items are delivered anywhere in India. Courier normally takes 2 to 3
working days to deliver. If the Courier service does not provide service to a particular place or
refuses to deliver certain gift items, we use the services of few good local couriers / Speed
Post / Registered Post Parcel.

Below are the two examples regarding cost of sending perishable items in India:
• In the case of Indian Post : if you want to send any perishable items from Mumbai to Delhi
the cost will be according to the weight of the item. Charges for first 500 grams by Indian Post
is Rs 36 and for additional 500 grams will be Rs 19. And gradually increases its rate after
every 500 grams as Rs 19 .For example 0.5 kg + 0.5 kg they will charge Rs36 + Rs19 .And for
every 0.5kg they will charge an additional amount of Rs19.

• In the case of FedEx India : As per the policy they do not courier food items like sweets. They
only sends dry food items like dry fruits, Namkeen (Chivda) etc. The cost of sending dry fruits
from Mumbai to Delhi via FedEx India is Rs 4550 for 20 kgs.

Courier Companies In India :

• AFL
AFL is one of the leading Integrated Logistics companies in India. Our business operations
cover a range of services from Supply and Distribution Chain Management, Domestic and
International Courier, Air, Sea and Multi-modal Freight Forwarding to Corporate Travel
Management.
• Abyss Connection
Offering services such as courier services, freight services, exhibition courier services, exhibition
express services, seasonal services, sampling services, universal mail, internationalmail and
international education counselling.
 • Air State Couriers
Air State Couriers is one of the leading couriers in the courier Industry having a well spread
Network of BRANCHES though out the country.

• Airlinkers Courier
Airlinkers has a state-of-the-art indigenously developed system for track and trace. Over the
years Airlinkers has adapted itself to instantaneous updated electronic communications. The
business world calls Airlinkers as a faster and dependable courier for their daily activities.

• Aramex
Aramex is a leading global provider of comprehensive logistics and transportation solutions.

• Blue Dart
One of the premier courier companies in India. Was acquired by DHL in Nov 2004.

Companies which are dedicated to Packaging of Perishable items:

SL.NO Company Name Company URL Email and Contacts

1 Packers and
Movers
2 Swastik Packers
and Movers
3 Annpurna packers
and Movers
4 Sri Sai Speciality
Packagings
www.indiamoverspackers.com sales@indiamoverspackers.com
Ph. No. +91 - 9911918545
www.swastikpackersandmovers Mr Surender: 09990387308
.com
www.anpurnapackers.com anpurnapackers@gmail.com
Mr. Dinesh Kumar: 9850037391 /
9372091391
www.sssp.biz Mr. K. B. Mehendiratta (CEO)
Ph No-9810304804
Ph no-91-120-4313917/4232514
/ 9818550805

5 Agarwal Packers www.agarwalpackers.com info@agarwalpackers.com

and Movers Ltd. Phone : +(91)-(11)-45004321

6 SRI HARI www.sri-pack.com salesmanager@sri-pack.com

PACKAGING Mob. +91 9881494677/81
INDUSTRIES PVT. Ph.no. +91-20-26155831
LTD 91-2138-670451/670453.
SL.NO Company Name
7 SAMITA PACKAGING
COMPANY
8 Sarvodaya Company
9 Evergreen Sweet House
Company URL
samitapackaging.tradeindia.com Mr. Biswanath Rakshit
www.foodtraypackaging.com
www.evergreensweethouse.net
Email and Contacts
(Proprietor)
Mobile:+919433135399,
+919433712462
Mr. Jatin Ved
sarvodaya.co@gmail.com
PH-+91-2525-256750
Mr. Pramod Kumar Sharma
sales@evergreensweethous
e.com
Ph -+91-11-26521615/
26514642