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4. Recording Food Shipment Temperature. Carrier shall verify the temperature of Food 
Shipments before loading. Carrier must write the recorded temperature on shipping 
document(s) used by the Parties for the pick-up, transport, or delivery of Goods, including 
without limitation any bill of la
ding (“Shipping Document”). If the temperature is more than 
two degrees different from the required temperature stated in the written instructions or 
Shipping Document, then the Carrier shall immediately notify HCS, and refuse to load the 
Goods. In the event Carrier is unable to verify the temperature due to restrictions imposed by 
the Shipper, consignor, or due to the physical circumstances of loading, Carrier shall notify 
HCS immediately, note its inability to verify and the reason for such inability, and is otherwise 
excused from performing such verification. The foregoing exception shall not relieve Carrier of 
compliance with any other provision of this Section VII. Carriers shall provide downloadable 
temperature monitoring and equipment performance data within twenty-four (24) hours of 

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Carrier Agreement 
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request. Noncompliance with this provision shall result in fees as indicated in Appendix A 
(Schmieding Transportation Fees) and Carrier being solely liable for any and all claims and/or 
losses of goods.
5. Equipment used to transport Food Shipments. Carrier represents and warrants that all 
Equipment used in transporting Food Shipments (as defined in the Food Safety Laws and 
herein) is in safe and sanitary condition and appropriate for performance of the Services for 
Food Shipments, including but not limited to, Equipment free from contamination, pest 
infestation, and evidence of prior cargo that could render the Food Shipments unsafe. Carrier 
represents and warrants that all Equipment used in transporting Food Shipments is equipped 
with an operational air-chute at least forty-three (43) feet in length and fully attached from the 
beginning to the end to the refrigeration unit. Carrier represents and warrants that all Equipment 
used in transporting Food Shipments is equipped with refrigeration equipment that allows data 
monitoring of temperatures and refrigeration equipment performance inside the trailer from the 
time of precooling the trailer, while trailer is being loaded with goods, and through when the 
goods have been unloaded from the trailer and it is empty. 
A. If Carrier transports partial load shipments (also known as less-than-truckload, or LTL, 
shipments), Carrier shall conduct appropriate inspections and take necessary actions upon 
receiving the first shipment and each subsequent shipment to ensure that: 
i. the Equipment remains in safe and sanitary condition;
ii. any Food Shipments will not be contaminated by any previously or subsequently loaded 
cargo; and
iii. the temperature of any temperature-controlled Food Shipment will not be materially 
disrupted.
B. When required by and as specified in Shipper
’s instructions or Shipping Document, Carrier 
must ensure that the cold storage compartments are prepared for safely transporting the 
Food Shipments. Carrier must set temperature controls to pre-cool mechanically refrigerated 
cold storage compartments before offering equipment with auxiliary refrigeration units for 
transportation of Food Shipments requiring temperature control and set the operating 
temperature to ensure the Food Shipments at all times are maintained at the temperature set 
point or within the temperature range specified on the Shipper
’s instructions or Shipping 
Document. 
C. Carrier will not utilize or tender trailers that have been used for transporting poison, refuse, 
garbage, trash, solid or liquid waste, or any other noxious product, of any kind whatsoever, 
whether hazardous or non-hazardous. If Carrier is unsure whether any prior cargo would 
disqualify the trailer, prior to accepting a load, Carrier shall advise HCS of any potentially 
hazardous or noxious product or material which has been previously hauled or stored on the 
trailer being used to transport the Food Shipment. HCS may approve or disqualify the trailer 
based on the information provided. 
D. The trailer and all items used to transport the Goods, shall be clean, insect and rodent free, 
odor-free, dry, leak-proof, meet the food safety requirements in this Agreement, and 
otherwise be safe to transport the commodities tendered.