Featured Food Traceability Articles

  1. How Is The Food Industry Using Big Data? 5/5/2015

    Nearly every industry is struggling to manage its constantly-evolving and continuously–growing data, and the food industry is no different. The food industry creates and enormous amount of data and that information — food’s temperature, transit time, inventory levels, labeling information and associated data for retailers, to name a few — needs to be managed in real time and put to effective use.

  2. Prepare Your Supply Chain For Extreme Weather 4/30/2015

    There is no escaping it, extreme weather events are going to happen whether you like it or not. However, with these events’ potential to disrupt supply chain operations, advance preparation will go a long way toward enduring the worst of sever-weather events.

  3. Why Effective Traceability Systems Utilize Automated Data Collection 4/28/2015

    Whether it is mislabeling an ingredient known to be an allergen or a contamination event, immediate response is needed to maintain safety in the food supply chain, but many companies may be using out-of-date tracking systems. With any possibility of a food-safety event resulting in dangerous allergic reactions or illness, recall efforts must be put forth post haste, but antiquated systems make timely response impossible.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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?

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. Are Listeria Infections On The Rise? 3/23/2015

    The Food Safety Lawyer, Bill Marler, has expressed concerns about what he sees as an increasing trend in Listeria outbreaks in food.

  10. 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.