conventional food storage containers in that they are specially configured to conform to or comply with postal regulations for example us postal service or other regulations turning now to fig2 the modular refrigerator 10 includes container bays 76 the configuration and general dimensions of the container bays 76 within the modular refrigerator 10 are such that each container bay 76 can accommodate one or more food shipping containers 78 the food shipping containers 78 and or the container bays 76 can be marked with the receipt dates of the food shipping containers 78 or the times at which the food shipping containers 78 are placed in the container bays 76 the dates and times may be updated automatically based on a detected entry of a food shipping container 78 into a container bay 76 alarm means may be incorporated into the modular refrigerator 10 such that the approach of a food expiry date based on a receipt date of a food shipping container 78 may be flagged visually or audibly to a user in some examples the calculation and flagging of food expiry dates is carried out by processors within the modular refrigerator 10 or in other examples in association with a personal electronic device such as a smart phone paired with the modular refrigerator 10 or a user the modular refrigerator 10 has a left hand freezer section including a lower section 18 which is closed by the front door 12 and an upper section 20 to which access is gained through the upper door 14 a right hand section generally designated 22 for containment.