Traceability, Moral Hazard, and Food Safety

Food Safety Traceability

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...

Traceability , food safety and industry reputation ∗

Sometimes authorities are unable to identify the origin of a tainted food product. In such cases, food recalls or warnings are often applied to all suppliers which means that the recall applies to suppliers of products that do not contribute to the contamination. One benefit of traceability is to enable more targeted recalls, identifying more specifically the product’s origin. In this article, ...

Food Safety and Technological Implications of Food Traceability Systems

Food safety has become an important food quality attribute.Both food industry and authorities need to be able to trace back and to authenticate food products and raw materials used for food production to comply with legislation and to meet the food safety and food quality requirements. Traceability is increasingly becoming a necessary task in the food industry which is mainly driven by recent f...

Bio-markers: traceability in food safety issues.

Research and practice are focusing on development, validation and harmonization of technologies and methodologies to ensure complete traceability process throughout the food chain. The main goals are: scale-up, implementation and validation of methods in whole food chains, assurance of authenticity, validity of labelling and application of HACCP (hazard analysis and critical control point) to t...