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Mar 17, 2015 · Why is traceability so important? The reason really depends on who you talk to. For public safety, it’s about reducing incidences of food fraud as well as unintentional or intentional adulteration; disease management; and environmental emergencies
Feb 21, 2024 · Traceability is a vital component of modern food safety and quality management, ensuring that the food we consume is safe, authentic, and of high quality. By understanding and implementing traceability systems, we can protect human health, safeguard consumer interests, and promote fair trade practices.
- Importance
- How Does It Work?
- Who Guarantees Food Traceability?
- Challenges
As the global food trade continues to grow more diverse and complex, traceability in the food supply chainhas become a priority of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) in recent years. Here’s why: 1. Ensures consumer health and safety – Consumers are protected from health hazards caused by contaminatio...
The food traceability system ensures that any food product is safe at every step of the production process. If a problem is discovered in any phase of the supply chain, appropriate actions can be taken promptly, and future occurrences of any problems can be prevented. Here’s a basic blueprint of what the system may look like:
Regulatory bodies all over the world, in cooperation with the FAO and the WHO of the United Nations, are doubling down in setting stricter protocols because global food trade has become easier. In the United States, several agencies work together to ensure food safety and quality for American consumers. FDA food traceability systemsinvolve the Depa...
Food traceability benefits everyone. But this will only work if everyone is truly involved every step of the way. Unfortunately, that is not the case in all industries due to some issues:
Sep 9, 2021 · The FSIS offers four rules for food safety: Clean, Separate, Cook, and Chill. These present major challenges for those who are homeless, live in shelters, or are too poor to afford food. How can food safety be a concern when food insecurity dominates these peoples' lives?
Oct 18, 2021 · Food traceability systems offer consumers reassurances on the origin and history of food products, raise the standards of food safety and quality across the international markets, and help build consumer confidence and trust in the traced food products [71,72,73,74].
- Wen Wu, Airong Zhang, Rieks Dekker van Klinken, Peggy Schrobback, Jane Marie Muller
- 10.3390/foods10102490
- 2021
- Foods. 2021 Oct; 10(10): 2490.
Oct 8, 2020 · This review focuses on smart food traceability that has the potential to significantly improve food safety in global food supply chains. The basic concepts and critical perspectives for various detection strategies for food safety are summarized, including portable detection devices, smart indicators and sensors integrated on food packages, and ...
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The basic concepts and critical perspectives for various detection strategies for food safety are summarized, including portable detection devices, smart indicators and sensors integrated on food packages, and data-assisted whole-genome sequencing.
