Indian perspective in food traceability: A review

From Food to Drug: Avicenna’s Perspective, a Brief Review

The Food and drug were developed by pharmacists and physicians, in particular Persian scientists throughout medical history. There was an especial view on the subject of nutrition and medications in Persian medicine (PM). Avicenna was one of the main Persian physicians who contributed to this field in the Canon of medicine “Al-qanun-fi-al-tibb”, his main medical and pharmaceutical text book in ...

Traceability issues in food supply chain management: A review

Please cite this article in press as: Dabben Engineering (2013), http://dx.doi.org/10.1

Traceability from a European perspective.

At pan-European level there is a need for traceability systems giving information on origin, processing, retailing and final destination of foodstuffs. Such systems shall enhance consumer confidence in food; enable the regulatory authorities to identify and to withdraw health hazardous and non-consumable foodstuffs from the market. Animal feeds are an element in this "food-to-farm" approach to ...

Traceability from a US perspective.

Traceability of a food consists of development of "an information trail that follows the food product's physical trail". Internationally, the US is lagging behind many countries in developing traceability systems for food in general and especially for livestock, poultry and their products. The US food industry is developing, implementing and maintaining traceability systems designed to improve ...

Food Safety Traceability