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Beyond The Dirty Buzzword: Setting A New Standard For Trailer Washouts
Dirty’ is a buzzword nowadays when you talk to different people about trailer sanitation. Scientific evidence shows that...

Nov 26, 20245 min read
Master Food Transport Risk Now
How you can master food transport risk now and adhere to food safety regulations.

Oct 24, 20247 min read
Clean Trailers: A Food Shipper’s Dream!
There is an elephant in the room. While I know it is true here in the Salinas Valley and Yuma, it’s likely a lurking problem at many...


May 25, 20246 min read
Why Cost Should Not Influence Washout Preferences
Washouts are rarely evaluated based on how effective they are in cleaning and sanitizing food transport trailers. Cost and convenience...

Apr 26, 20245 min read
Audits: A Key Strategy in Cargo Theft Prevention
‘Opportunity makes a thief.’ Francis Bacon Whether or not there was a specific event that happened or it was his general observance of...

Jan 30, 20245 min read
Who is in Control of your Food Safety reputation?
Attention to how transportation vendors handle shipments of food is increasing. Questions about industry standards...


Nov 22, 20239 min read
Driving The Chain: The Important Role Truck Drivers Play In Our Food Supply Network
The supply chain, with all its systems and intangible parts, can leave us with the impression that it is impersonal and independent...

Oct 27, 20235 min read
Implementing Trailer Sanitation Protocols
Preference-based or Science-based? Who’s picking pumpkins for your porch this year? The pumpkin patches are abuzz with frenzied people...

Sep 12, 20236 min read
Go Beyond The Protocol With Your Team - Train, Test And Talk
Labor Day 2023 may be behind us, but our labor, our very important employees, are in front of us, always needing our support and assistance.

Jul 20, 20234 min read
Biofilms and Chemicals: Hidden Dangers in Your Trailer
In our last blog, we shed some light on dock drama caused by the ONE person who can throw a wrench in a loading schedule--the shipping...

Jun 18, 20235 min read
TSA Style Dock Drama
Listening to driver stories about produce facility inspectors, I find myself wondering how we get anybody to do this job! There is a...

May 18, 20231 min read
Tips for Safe Food Transportation
Keep it clean: Get regular washouts Follow a standard protocol Know your prior cargo Avoid contamination (air, dirt, people, pests) keep...

Sep 19, 20229 min read
Back to School Series - Part 2
Welcome to the second edition of Healthy Trailer’s Back to School series in recognition of Food Safety Education Month. Our overall...

Sep 1, 20229 min read
Back to School Series - Part 1
Welcome to the first edition of Healthy Trailer’s Back to School series in recognition of Food Safety Education Month. Why Learn about...

Apr 13, 20226 min read
How Much Is Your Washout?
A Cost/Benefit Analysis of a Key Best Practice Almost 99.9% of the time, when we call a carrier to let them know about our trailer...


Sep 5, 20214 min read
Let Your Labor Lead: How Our Workers Put Healthy Trailer on the Map
Our Gonzales, CA Healthy Trailer site has been open now for a few months. Things haven’t been perfect, but time has still flown by. ...


Apr 21, 20209 min read
Germicidal UV Light Technology
Will it Keep Our Food Transportation Safe? Since the novel coronavirus pandemic has wreaked havoc on our world, the use of germicidal UV...


Mar 24, 20205 min read
It’s Not About You
The Role of Social Responsibility in FSMA Transportation More than once last week I heard people commenting on the fact that St....

Feb 20, 20205 min read
FSMA Transportation: 5 Important Transportation Fixes for Healthier Compliance
Have you been wondering if there are any gaps in your food safety compliance plan? Are there any small details that could become big...
Oct 7, 20194 min read
Who’s got the ‘R’ for Your Transportation Food Safety Compliance?
As the 2019/20 Yuma season approaches, once again here at Healthy Trailer we are busy getting our winter business organized. The ‘to do’...
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