Understanding Food Traceability
In today’s globalized economy, understanding the journey your food takes from source to consumer is crucial. Whether you’re a business navigating the complexities of supply chain logistics or a consumer making informed choices, traceability is key to ensuring the safety and quality of food products.
Track and Trace (T&T) is committed to providing comprehensive and transparent tracking and tracing of food items.
Core Technology
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Utilize machine learning algorithms to optimize logistics, forecast demand, and detect anomalies in the supply chain.
Blockchain
Maintain an immutable and transparent ledger for every transaction, enhancing trust and accountability across all stakeholders.
Internet of Things (IoT)
Monitor environmental conditions in real-time using IoT sensors, ensuring optimal preservation and delivery of food products.
Streamlining The Food Supply Chain With Track & Trace
T&T offers a holistic solution to the food supply chain, addressing key challenges and driving improvements across several critical areas:
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Traceability & transparency
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Food safety monitoring
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Fraud prevention
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Supply chain optimization
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Compliance & reporting
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Sustainability: T&T
1. Traceability & transparency: Our platform provides end-to-end traceability, offering stakeholders clear visibility into every step of the food journey. This transparency builds trust among consumers, enhances brand credibility, and ensures accountability across the supply chain.
2. Food safety monitoring: T&T employs advanced technology to monitor food safety parameters in real time. By ensuring compliance with safety standards and providing early warnings for potential issues, we help protect public health and mitigate risks.
3. Fraud prevention: By utilizing blockchain and other secure technologies, T&T significantly reduces the risk of food fraud. Our solutions ensure product authenticity by documenting and verifying each transaction transparently and immutable.
4. Supply chain optimization: Through the integration of AI and IoT, T&T optimizes logistics and inventory management. This results in reduced waste, improved delivery times, and increased operational efficiencies, benefiting both suppliers and consumers.
5. Compliance & reporting: Our comprehensive data solutions facilitate seamless compliance with international and local regulations. Automated reporting and documentation processes ensure that businesses remain aligned with all necessary legal requirements.
6. Sustainability: T&T is committed to promoting sustainable practices. By optimizing resource use and minimizing environmental impact, our technologies support sustainable agriculture and production methods that benefit the planet.
Empowering Stakeholders With Track & Trace
Government
Governments benefit significantly from T&T through enhanced regulatory compliance and food safety monitoring. By leveraging blockchain and IoT technologies, T&T ensures that all steps in the food supply chain are transparent and traceable, making it easier for regulators to ensure compliance with food safety standards and regulations. Real-time data collection and analysis help in monitoring and controlling food imports and exports, which aids in maintaining national food security. Additionally, the increased visibility into the supply chain allows for prompt responses to food safety incidents, protecting public health and minimizing risks associated with foodborne illnesses.
Businesses
For businesses, T&T offers tools that streamline operations, improve supply chain efficiencies, and reduce costs. Integrating AI and IoT enables precise inventory management and demand forecasting, minimizing surplus and shortages. Blockchain technology facilitates secure and transparent transactions, improving trust between suppliers and retailers. By using T&T’s solutions, businesses can reduce food waste, enhance product quality, and increase customer satisfaction through improved traceability and authenticity verification. Furthermore, companies can leverage these technologies to demonstrate their commitment to sustainable practices, gaining a competitive edge in the market.
Consumers
Consumers enjoy increased transparency and accountability with T&T’s offerings. By accessing detailed information about their food’s origin, journey, and handling, consumers can make more informed choices that align with their health preferences and ethical values. This transparency fosters trust in food products and brands, as consumers can verify the authenticity and safety of what they consume. Moreover, consumers benefit from reduced prices and improved quality due to the efficiencies and reduced waste implemented throughout the supply chain. T&T also enhances consumer safety by enabling faster recalls and responses to food safety issues, ensuring that only safe products reach the market.
FSMA 204: The Importance Of Traceability
One aspect of FSMA, specifically Section 204, focuses on the Food Traceability final rule to facilitate faster identification and rapid removal of potentially contaminated food from the market, resulting in fewer foodborne illnesses and/or deaths.
Foods subject to the final rule requirements appear on the Food Traceability List (FTL) and include fresh-cut fruits and vegetables, shell eggs, nut butter, as well as certain fresh fruits, certain fresh vegetables, ready-to-eat deli salads, soft cheeses, and certain seafood products.
Persons who manufacture, process, pack, or hold foods on the FTL must maintain records including Key Data Elements (KDEs) related to Critical Tracking Events (CTEs) in the supply chain for the food. Covered entities – including farms, manufacturers, distributors, retail food establishments, and restaurants – will be required to provide this traceability information to the FDA within 24 hours of an official request, or within some reasonable time to which the FDA agrees.
Building Your Roadmap For FSMA 204 With T&T
Features of The Platform
The T & T Traceability Platform serves as a robust solution that improves transparency and safety across the food supply chain. By utilizing this platform, food safety is significantly enhanced through the provision of a well-documented journey for each food item. The capability for real-time tracking and automated notifications allows for prompt responses to any contamination issues, thereby helping to avert foodborne illnesses. The incorporation of blockchain technology ensures the reliability of data, which diminishes the chances of fraudulent practices that could jeopardize food safety.
Halal Services
The Halal sector in the United States has been experiencing significant growth in recent years, primarily driven by an increasing Muslim population and a rising interest in Halal-certified products among non-Muslim consumers. This growth presents both opportunities and challenges.
Current Situation & Challenges
The demand for Halal products is increasing, with a diverse range of products including food, cosmetics, and pharmaceuticals. Businesses are looking to capitalize on this demand by offering more Halal-certified options.
There is a challenge in the consistency of Halal certification standards. Different certifying bodies have varying criteria, which can be confusing for consumers and producers alike. Additionally, the current certification process is often manual and laborious, adding to the complexity and time required for producers to achieve certification.
Many consumers are not fully aware of what signifies Halal certification. There is also a trust issue, as some consumers are skeptical about the authenticity of the certification due to past scandals
Ensuring that Halal standards are maintained throughout the supply chain, from production to delivery, is a significant challenge. This involves careful monitoring and compliance with Halal regulations.
Get in Touch
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