Food and drink manufacturers warned to 'act now over refrigerant or risk meltdown'

摘要

Food and drink manufacturers with refrigera-tion systems running on the common HCFC R22 refrigerant have been urged to act now to secure the future of their businesses.rnR22 is used widely in refrigeration systems for process cooling, blast and spiral freezing, storage and transport.rnHowever, ozone depleting HCFC refrigerants are being phased-out under EU legislation.The use of R22 and R22 containing blends in new plant has already been banned. The next stage is a ban on the use of "virgin" or new HCFCs for topping up existing systems - which comes into effect from the end of 2009.