In artisanal cheese production, precise environmental control is essential for ensuring consistent quality, food safety, and regulatory compliance. Whether in large-scale aging rooms, cold storage, or distribution chains, maintaining optimal temperature and humidity is critical to prevent spoilage, excessive drying, or uncontrolled mold growth.

Some of the best practices for Temperature & Humidity monitoring are-
* Aging (Affinage) Rooms: 10°C-15°C (50°F-59°F), 85-95% RH for controlled ripening
* Cold Storage: 1°C-4°C (34°F-39°F) to preserve texture and extend shelf life
* Distribution & Logistics: Stable temperature conditions to prevent condensation and moisture fluctuations.

Fourtec’s monitoring solutions aim to ensure food safety, food shelf life, and the reduction of food loss and waste by offering accurate temperature and humidity monitoring, alerting and reporting, as well as lifetime data storage that can be reviewed in graphs, tables, and logger statistics, printed or exported into Excel or CSV.

Fourtec’s data loggers comply with the US FDA’s FSMA 204 Rule for Food Traceability, directing food manufacturers and distributors to maintain electronic records for traceability, including temperature and humidity data. Cooling and shipping requirements now mandate that a sortable electronic spreadsheet with relevant traceability information must be provided to the FDA within 24 hours of a request. Fourtec’s DataSuite software and FourtecLite Android app licence to use are provided at no cost and can be downloaded from Fourtec’s website.