Featured Food Traceability Articles

  1. Is FSMA Making Produce Safer? 4/28/2015

    Regarding the latest spinach recall, no illnesses have been reported, but consumers may be left wondering if produce is becoming safer. Despite greater consumer awareness of recalls — and food-safety events in general — increased awareness may actually be part of the cause for alarm.

  2. How Barcoding Is Helping Traceability In Fresh Foods 4/16/2015

    Traceability and labeling requirements, combined with productivity needs in the fresh food industry, are making the use of advanced-labeling technology more attractive. The ability to accurately identify and trace product from farm to customer can be done more efficiently with barcodes than through any other means currently available.

  3. What Does The Ideal Food-Safety Recordkeeping System Entail? 4/9/2015

    As food producers face ever-increasing requirements regarding food safety, digital recordkeeping has become less of a luxury and more of a necessity. Advances of technology in information-management systems are easing the burden of documentation. Mobile devices and cloud computing are becoming commonplace, what does a perfect, digital recordkeeping system look like?

  4. How Significant Is Food Traceability To Public Safety? 4/2/2015

    In the food industry, traceability is major concern as the safety of the food supply chain is directly linked to public safety. Despite its appearance as a topical issue or “buzz word,” food traceability has become a vital process to ensure the safety of consumers.

  5. Bumble Bee Takes On Consumers' Demand For Supply Chain Visibility 3/30/2015

    Today’s consumers having growing concerns regarding how their food got from harvest to their table. This places demand on suppliers to be able to share information about that food, directly with the consumer. Bumble Bee Foods is one food maker prepared to meet the needs of its consumers.

  6. Combatting Seafood Fraud: Presidential Task Force Releases Final Action Plan 3/20/2015

    The final action plan from Presidential Task Force on Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing and Seafood Fraud has been released. The plan outlines steps to be taken by federal agencies which will implement recommendations made by the task force in December 2014.

  7. Food Traceability: Going Beyond The When And Where Of Supply Chains 3/17/2015

    A June 2014 publication from the United Nations regarding traceability of food goes beyond the where and when of food production. It supplements this idea by digging further to include concerns about the ability to verify the reliability of claims in the areas of human rights, labor, the environment, and anti-corruption.

  8. Genome Trakr Is A Food Safety And Traceability Game Changer 2/12/2015

    Food safety may have entered a new era with this new, exciting advancement guaranteed to elevate the safety of food and lead to bigger and better discoveries and technology.

  9. Supply-Chain Visibility Is A Growing Necessity 2/11/2015

    As the food industry continues its on-going expansion on the global level, the need to be able to track every aspect of the supply chain, internally and externally, is growing right alongside it.

  10. Handling A Food Recall? Remember 3 Fundamentals 1/27/2015

    Although food makers put forth extraordinary effort to create safe products and prevent contamination, production emergencies — including recalls — do happen. Should your company be faced with a crisis, ease the process by remembering these three basics.