As part of our ongoing expert Q&A series, a conversation with Paul Chang, who leads the Serialization/Traceability initiative at IBM, on how traceability can revolutionize global food
The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) has plans to launch a $2-5 million Traceability Center for Agro-Industrial Exports (TRACE) in the Philippines, the Manila Bulletin reported Friday.
As the
Thailand’s Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives (MOAC) is partnering with IBM, FXA Group, and the Communications Authority of Thailand (CAT) to implement a global traceability program, allowing the country’
Senator Jon Tester (D-MT) introduced a bill yesterday to overhaul the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) protocol for tracing contaminated meat back to the source to protect public health
More than 200 people gathered in the Veterans Memorial Hall in Yuba City, California, to talk about walnuts last month. The annual Walnut Day run by the University of California
iPhone applications have quite a bit to offer on the food front. If you’re in St. Louis and you must know where the closest Filipino restaurant is, iWant, Urban
“Traceability is Coming . . . Is Your Company Ready?”
Although a bit foreboding, the tagline for the Produce Traceability Initiative (PTI) is completely serious. PTI, a brainchild of the United Fresh Produce
When tests for the deadly E. coli O157:H7 pathogen come back with positive results, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) makes sure
“What the traceability industry needs right now is a single traceability standard”.
This underlying theme was echoed in a number of presentations from several speakers at the recent Traceability Inter-Operability
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack killed the $142 million National Animal Identification System (NAIS), and any hope it might contribute to food safety, last week.
At a meeting of state agriculture
Food Safety Coalition Seeks Common Sense Change to USDA Meat Traceback Policy
On Tuesday, members of the Safe Food Coalition (SFC) delivered a letter to Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack,
The 1.25 million pound salami recall by Daniele Inc. and the associated outbreak was not on the table at last week’s Traceability Interoperability Summit in Denver.
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