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1. Introduction
A supply chain of food items is referred as a “food chain.” It consists of movement of perishable items (fruits, vegetables etc.) from farm to consumer. Perishable food supply chain is very dynamic and sensitive supply chain. This supply chain is different from generic supply chain because of its time and temperature sensitive nature. Globally the food productions are enormous in quantity, but still many people had to go hungry due to inefficient food supply chain. The efficiency of food supply chain depends upon good storage infrastructure, handling, transportation and reliable distribution channel while maintaining the food items at appropriate temperature (Adeyeye et al., 2017; Chen et al., 2018). Food quality and food supply are major concerns for the entire world (Jose et al., 2019; Ali et al., 2018; Fan et al., 2017). In this paper, we have focused on cold specific food supply chain only due to its specific nature and its scope in current Indian scenario. Food cold chain management (FCCM) is a series of SC practices aimed to preserving a suitable environment for perishable goods and avoiding microbial spoilage. The food cold chain performance (FCCP) measurement is a complicated task because it differs from other types of SC (Shabani et al., 2012). In developing countries, understanding of suitable food cold chain practices is very poor and missing keys steps. Lack of pre-cooling, dearth refrigeration systems, cold storage facilities, condition of existing cold storage etc. are some of the areas which need immediate improvement (Gligor et al., 2018). The food chain is a temperature-based supply chain, which is complex and dynamic; need to maintain the required temperature of perishable products (fruits and vegetables) for their quality (Bremer et al., 2018). It has several characteristics such as shelf-life constraints for raw materials and perishability of products, long production throughput time and necessity of temperature-controlled transportation and storage (Shashi et al., 2018; Haflioason et al., 2012). One of the key reasons for high food price inflation in developing countries like India is the lack of proper management of food supply chains. The lack of reliable cold storage and inefficient cold chain management result in high waste rates and deteriorating food quality. The world...