The association The Cold Chain Logistics, which brings together 120 refrigerated transport companies, warned on October 10 in a press release against the risks of stopping the food supply chain. If the fuel crisis continues, supermarkets will experience food shortages.
“The blockades of oil refineries underway in the national territory confront companies that transport perishable goods […] to growing difficulties.said the association The cold chain logistics in a press release.
According to this association, which claims to bring together 120 companies with a total of 50,000 employees and nearly 100,000 refrigerated trucks, “At transporters who have tanks, the available reserves are in some cases less than a week” while “the other carriers are dependent on the stocks available at the service station”.
The association thus warns “on the risks of a disruption in the supply of fresh and frozen products to customers of transport companies: manufacturers, large retailers, out-of-home catering”.