Traceability systems in the German food industry – towards a typology
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The great variety of traceability systems in the German food industry makes it difficult to describe them coherently and to distinguish them clearly one from another. Therefore a classification system or typology is needed to facilitate their description and analysis. This study suggests an approach to extract distinguishing aspects from a detailed description of traceability systems for pork. The aspects form the basis for creating a typology of traceability systems.
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