Traceability in the production process
Shall we define traceability? Traceability is the ability to retrieve the full history or location of an item or product by means of recorded identification. All in all, to register all the information of a product, such as manufacturers, suppliers, distributors. This information is tracked in all processes, from raw material allocation, processing, handling, assembly […]
What is traceability?
According to the AECOC Food Safety Committee, traceability “is the set of those pre-established and self-sufficient procedures that mean that the history, location and distribution of a product or batch of products can be tracked at any given time along the supply chain, through the use of certain tools.” Many of us have in our […]
The importance of food traceability
From 1 January 2005 it became mandatory under European Regulation 178/2002 to include traceability coding on food products.
