Featured Food Traceability Articles

31. 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.

32. 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.

33. 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.

34. 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.

35. Improving Visibility And Traceability With Cloud-Based ERP Systems 1/8/2015

    The focus in the food industry has shifted from response to prevention, with regulations mirroring that shift. Consequently, food makers are under increasing demands to tighten traceability and visibility in the supply line.

36. What Are Current And Future Challenges Of The Food Industry? 1/5/2015

    A recently released food industry research panel, conducted amongst Canadian executives last June, compares North American food industry responses to those of European counterparts.  Across the board, food-industry professionals continue to rank profit, customer satisfaction, and food safety as the industry’s top goals. However, concerns of the environment are gaining traction.

37. Why Traceability Is An Essential Part Of The Food Industry 12/18/2014

    The food-supply chain has changed immensely from the days of raising food for your family’s dinner table. As the world has grown and sourcing has become more global, the supply chain has become much longer and increasingly complex. We can no longer directly question the harvester or even the intermediary vendor of our food and must rely on more advanced methods of traceability.

38. Presidential Task Force Seeks Public Commentary On Seafood Safety 12/18/2014

    Relatively speaking, the IUU and Seafood Fraud task force have gone from formation to recommendation in a very un-governmental amount of time. Public comments are being sought on how best to implement the recently-drafted recommendations

39. How Big Data Is Affecting The Food-Supply Chain 12/10/2014

    It’s no secret that big data is gaining popularity as a mechanism for business planning. In the food-supply chain, big data is providing new insights and decision-making processes across several segments including security, traceability, production, and customer service. Below are a few instances of how big data is improving several aspects of the food-supply chain.

40. Preparing For Digital Supply-Chain Traceability 12/5/2014

    Just like almost every other industry, the food-supply chain is going digital.  Some sectors of the food industry have tracking and traceability data collection and management under control, but others do not.  Is your company prepared for the inevitability of electronic communication requirements?