traceability

Fresh Del Monte and Tech Start-Up Decapolis Join Forces to Provide Industrywide Blockchain Traceability Solutions

October 5, 2022 Fresh Del Monte Produce

Fresh Del Monte Produce, one of the world’s leading vertically integrated producers, distributors, and marketers of fresh and fresh-cut fruits and vegetables announced today it has invested a 39 percent stake in Decapolis, a Jordanian and UK-based startup technology company that provides a blockchain-driven food safety and quality traceability technology for the food industry. The investment is part of Fresh Del Monte’s technology-driven mission to offer best-in-class, innovative solutions for its products and services, and to provide sustainable solutions that other businesses and industries can benefit from. …

Better Traceability Could Boost Global Seafood Profits by 60%, Finds Planet Tracker

September 29, 2022 Planet Tracker

An investment of just 1% of the global seafood industry’s revenue into improved traceability could increase total profitability by 60%, according to Planet Tracker’s latest report, How to Trace $600 billion. …

A Big Picture Approach to Cocoa Traceability

September 13, 2022 Barry Callebaut

Traceability to farm level, knowing where the cocoa we source is grown, plays a crucial role in addressing some of the structural sustainability issues in the cocoa supply chain. …

National Grocers Association Names ReposiTrak as its Exclusive Traceability and Compliance Partner

August 19, 2022 National Grocers Association

The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) will impose additional technical, financial and operational burdens on food retailers when Section 204 of the law is published, pursuant to a court order, this November. Specifically, retailers, wholesalers and their trading partners will need to maintain records of every movement of several fresh product categories from the point of origin to the point of sale to the consumer. This will have the impact of changing the way every food store and distribution center in the country records the delivery of shipments. …

The New Federal Food Traceability Rule is Just Three Months Away

August 17, 2022 SIMBA Solutions

The rule requires a detailed account of food origins and movements throughout production, processing and shipping, even as these foods are transformed into other food products, or as other foods are added to them. This poses special challenges, as many foods trace back through multiple processing stages, each adding to traceability challenges. …