CTIFL Office in Rungis

• Monitoring commercial quality of fruits and vegetables, at the wholesale stage and at points of sale,
• Packaging,
• Supply chains,
• Equipment and practices at points of sale,
• Exotic fruits and vegetables.

• Technical support and advice
• Training

7 staff members, including 5 engineers

• Consumer behaviour research laboratory,  equipped with LED lighting,
• Misting systems,
• Refrigerated cabinets,
• Cold-storage facilities,
• Ethylene analyser for cold-storage facilities,
• Gas analyser for packaging (O2 and CO2),
• Materiel for physico-chemical analyses of fruits and vegetables,
• Sensors, recorders of temperature/hygrometry/air speed, thermal camera, spectrophotometer and energy meter.

• Competitiveness of Post-Harvest Management and Technologies