Best Practices in Food Traceability: Ensure Rapid, Accurate Responses

Today’s ever-increasing frequency and cost of food and beverage recalls harm not only the companies directly affected but potentially everyone in that industry. The ripple effect prompts calls for more stringent regulations and more rigorous documentation requirements for everyone.

We increasingly see consumer marketing and tracing for certain types of foods. But food processors don’t need to track from the farm. From a regulatory standpoint, processors only need to trace one-up and one-back, but even that is easier said than done.

Leading food processors are turning to innovative software solutions that help them achieve this level of traceability, seeking both granularity and speed in order to respond and react confidently and quickly to documentation or audit requests. But traceability is just one tool in the food safety toolbox. A comprehensive food safety management system includes the processes and programs to prevent as well as respond to a food safety issue.

A complete food safety management system enables total process visibility, real-time data access, and a high level of documentation management. This comprehensive system limits the need for additional resources and time spent and also removes the stress from the threat of audits and recalls.

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