Featured Food Traceability Articles
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3 Ways To Mitigate Food Fraud Vulnerability
11/19/2014
Economically Motivated Adulteration is on the rise, so the U.S. Pharmacoeial Conventions is providing assessment tools to combat it with its new guidance document.
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General Mills' Supply-Chain Review Forces California Plant's Closure
11/18/2014
Under plans to cut costs by $40 million, the cereal maker will close the doors and sell its Lodi, CA facility
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Allergen-Based Recalls Put Two Food Makers In The Headlines
11/18/2014
Mislabeling events at two food making firms have put not only put consumers at risk, but have also put their brand reputation in jeopardy.
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Food Fraud: Truly Troubling Or Hyper Hysteria?
11/12/2014
Food fraud can be either economically motivated or intentionally malicious. Neither is comforting, but just exactly how at risk is the food-supply chain?
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FSIS Approves Chinese Chicken For Export To U.S.
11/10/2014
Not everyone is crowing about this development — the end of August saw four chicken-processing plants in China receive approval from FSIS to export cooked chicken products to the U.S.
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Fighting Foodborne Illnesses With Spray-On, DNA Barcodes
11/10/2014
A new company in California is currently developing a barcode product to be sprayed directly on produce in an effort to prevent and suppress foodborne-illness outbreaks
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Temperature-Monitoring Technologies Are Solving Food Spoilage Dilemmas
10/31/2014
With today’s consumers demanding a greater variety of fresh foods to be available year-round, the food-supply chain becomes more and more complex. Fresh foods coming from distant locales demand attention to safety as spoilage is both a threat to consumer safety and a threat to profit margins. Consequently, accuracy in temperature maintenance is a must in tracking food from harvest to consumer.
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Brand Owners Battle Counterfeiting With Plant DNA
10/28/2014
Researchers have developed a method to use plant DNA to create unique forensic ID markers for use on products and packaging. This creates an additional level of security against counterfeiting and food fraud.
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COOL Is Not Cool With WTO
10/24/2014
The World Trade Organization’s compliance panel has put a crimp in Country-of-Origin Labeling, setting up a no-win for our nation’s trade policies and the American consumer.
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Corporate Responsibility Influences Consumer Trust, Big Time
10/17/2014
Experts have long been saying that having consumers trust your brand equates to bigger profits. A recent study illustrates how the American food consumer evaluates corporate social responsibility.