Cold Chain
The cold chain is the coordinated management of suitable temperatures during storage, transport, and distribution. For mangoes, suitable does not mean as cold as possible: immature or unripe fruit can suffer chilling injury. Breaks in temperature management can accelerate ripening, encourage condensation, or complicate arrival quality. Monitor actual product conditions where practical, not just a truck's thermostat setting, and match the handling program to maturity, cultivar, and the validated requirements of the supply chain.