Applied EDI technologies in food traceability

Food Product Traceability by Using Automated Identification Technologies

Food product traceability from harvesting, through food processing to the final food product and through the retailer to the end consumer is a significant process that has to ensure food quality and safety. The traceability enables the end consumer to get information from all previous stages of the food product, leading back to the food origin. In this way, the consumer can get more information...

Empirical Survey of EDI Applied in Practice

egies including differentiation, growth, and alliances. The enhancements available through RETEX also provide member companies the opportunity to explore outsourcing, reengineering, and organizational learning initiatives. In providing information technology services and products to member companies, RETEX is also enabling these individual members to pursue a networked approach in dealing with ...

Food Safety Traceability

New technologies applied to food frequency questionnaires: a current perspective.

The food frequency questionnaires are widely used in epidemiological researches like dietary assessment method. Traditionally, they have been self-administered in paper but the use of information and communication technologies has led to develop Internet and computerized food frequency questionnaires. It is the objective of this article to offer a global perspective of the new technologies appl...

Traceability, Inspection, and Food Safety

Traceability exists in many food supply chains for valid economic reasons, one of which is improving food safety and quality. Some politicians and consumer groups are calling for increased identity preservation in systems where traceability has not yet been adopted. In this paper, we explore the implications of adding traceability to a food supply chain that already includes an inspection proto...