Government of Canada Launches Consultation on Boat-to-Plate Traceability For Fish and Seafood Products

The Government of Canada is working in collaboration with Canada’s seafood industry to ensure they remain competitive in the global marketplace and to protect consumers and fisheries by preventing seafood fraud and taking action to stop illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing.

Seafood Industry Traceability Pilot Confirms That Standards Are Key to Supply Chain Interoperability

June 28, 2021 GS1 US 

A recent seafood industry traceability pilot study has confirmed that standards are essential to helping trading partners seamlessly exchange supply chain data across technology platforms, improving end-to-end visibility.

Cargill Joins U.S. CattleTrace Program With Aim to Develop a National Infrastructure For Disease Traceability

June 18, 2021 Cargill

Cargill, the global food, agricultural, financial and industrial products company, announced today that it has joined U.S. CattleTrace as an official packer member. Cargill is the second beef processor to invest in the effort formed by multiple state cattlemen’s organizations to develop a national infrastructure for animal disease traceability in the U.S. cattle industry.

Nueva Pescanova Will Help Ensure the Traceability of Its Products With IBM Food Trust, Contributing to the Sustainability of the Oceans

June 8, 2021 Nueva Pescanova Group

The Nueva Pescanova Group and IBM are working together to trace all of Nueva Pescanova’s seafood products on the IBM Food Trust (IFT) platform, a blockchain-based network designed to help ensure the traceability of products across the supply chain.

ASTRI Develops Next Generation Food Safety Management Platform for Smart Import of Frozen Meat to Enhance Monitoring and Traceability

The Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute (ASTRI) has adopted blockchain and Internet of Things (IoT) technologies to create the “Next Generation Cold Food Import Safety Management Platform” to digitise and enhance the monitoring and control of the import of frozen or chilled meat from Mainland China.