traceability - News - FoodAuthenticity2024-03-28T13:30:36Zhttps://www.foodauthenticity.global/blog/feed/tag/traceabilityReinforcement of Traceability Systems in the Meat Sector Using Artificial Intelligence (AI)https://www.foodauthenticity.global/blog/reinforcement-of-traceability-systems-in-the-meat-sector-using-ar2023-01-25T12:57:54.000Z2023-01-25T12:57:54.000ZMark Woolfehttps://www.foodauthenticity.global/members/MarkWoolfe<div><p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}10948939479,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}10948939479,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="10948939479?profile=RESIZE_710x" width="627" height="353" /></a></p>
<p>This paper proposes an innovative method based on AI, to reinforce traceability systems in detecting possible counterfeiting by product substitution. It is an item-based mass balance method that analyses the agreement of the traceability data flows not by using explicit (even stochastic) rules, but by exploiting the learning capabilities of a neural network. The system can then detect suspect information in a traceability data flow. The AI-based method was applied to a pork slaughtering and meat cutting chain case study, and used the weights of different cuts of a pork carcase as the training phase of AI. Any analogous carcase information along the supply line might indicate substitution or modification of the pork carcase cuts. </p>
<p>Read the full <a href="http://scholar.google.com/scholar_url?url=https://www.agroengineering.org/index.php/jae/article/download/1328/1053&hl=en&sa=X&d=15601571720536284425&ei=1K_FY-q3DKPGsQKV5YqwCg&scisig=AAGBfm0K2LN3kz4o1Hxy_1_hrUuO0G2f8Q&oi=scholaralrt&hist=WSdyhgEAAAAJ:10051649551721780580:AAGBfm3TeGllF-6a6TVQVte5hwIKBo6puw&html=&pos=0&folt=kw-top" target="_blank">open access paper</a></p></div>New IAEA Book on Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Accelerating Nuclear Applications, Science and Technology.https://www.foodauthenticity.global/blog/new-iaea-book-on-artificial-intelligence-ai-for-accelerating-nucl2023-01-16T13:19:53.000Z2023-01-16T13:19:53.000ZMark Woolfehttps://www.foodauthenticity.global/members/MarkWoolfe<div><p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}10936849884,RESIZE_400x{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-left" src="{{#staticFileLink}}10936849884,RESIZE_400x{{/staticFileLink}}" width="209" height="190" alt="10936849884?profile=RESIZE_400x" /></a> IAEA have just published a book on <a href="http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/Publications/PDF/ART-INTweb.pdf" target="_blank">AI accelerating nuclear applications, science and technology</a>. Chapter 5 deals with AI applications to food and agriculture, and in particular to food authenticity methods, food fraud detection and traceability. The advantages and limitations for AI, and ML (machine learning) applications are discussed in sample preparation and calibration involved with authenticity methodology, the advantages of data sharing, but with the proviso that data-driven decision-making is only as good as the data used. </p>
<p>Read the abstract <a href="http://inis.iaea.org/search/search.aspx?orig_q=RN:53094651" target="_blank">here</a> and the full pdf version of the book and Chapter 5 in the above link</p>
<p> </p></div>IUPAC Technical Report - Minimum requirements for publishing hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen, oxygen and sulfur stable-isotope delta resultshttps://www.foodauthenticity.global/blog/iupac-technical-report-minimum-requirements-for-publishing-hydrog2022-11-28T21:48:19.000Z2022-11-28T21:48:19.000ZSelvarani Elahihttps://www.foodauthenticity.global/members/SelvaraniElahi869<div><p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}10893906085,RESIZE_930x{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-left" src="{{#staticFileLink}}10893906085,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" width="374" height="494" alt="10893906085?profile=RESIZE_710x" /></a>Isotope ratio data are increasingly used in a variety of fields including, ecology, marine sciences, earth and geosciences, forensic science, hydrology, medicine, food (including food authenticity and origin), and climate science.<br /> <br />Over the years, there have also been changes to guidelines for measurement methods, calibration conventions and even to international measurement standards that form the base of the traceability chain for isotope delta values for H, C, N, O and S.<br /> <br />It is impossible to combine isotope ratio data from a variety of sources unless the data are accompanied by a clear description of traceability and other method details.<br /><br />The <a href="https://www.lgcgroup.com/uk-national-measurement-laboratory/" target="_blank">UK National Measurement Laboratory</a> at LGC was part of an international group that compiled the <a href="https://iupac.org/">IUPAC</a> Technical Report presenting minimum requirements for reporting isotope ratio data, covering analytical procedure, traceability, data processing and uncertainty evaluation.</p>
<p>This report will help in the standardisation of methods that involve the measurement of stable isotopes.</p>
<p>Read the <a href="https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/pac-2021-1108/html" target="_blank">IUPAC Technical Report</a> on minimum requirements for publishing hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen, oxygen and sulfur stable-isotope delta results.</p></div>Review of Emerging Techniques and Chemometrics for the Authenticity and Traceability of Animal-Derived Foodshttps://www.foodauthenticity.global/blog/review-of-emerging-techniques-and-chemometrics-for-the-authentici2022-10-21T12:14:20.000Z2022-10-21T12:14:20.000ZMark Woolfehttps://www.foodauthenticity.global/members/MarkWoolfe<div><p><br /><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}10846787662,RESIZE_400x{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-left" src="{{#staticFileLink}}10846787662,RESIZE_400x{{/staticFileLink}}" width="259" alt="10846787662?profile=RESIZE_400x" /></a>The authenticity and origin of animal-derived foods are important for consumer information and prevention of food fraud. This review examines the current research techniques for verifying the authenticity and origin of animal-derived foods, in particular using stable isotope ratio analysis and spectroscopic techniques coupled with chemometrics. It covers meat, dairy, and seafood products, as well as honey. It also includes the new trend of analysing the inedible parts of animals to verify their origin.</p>
<p>Read the abstract <a href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0308814622021781?via%3Dihub" target="_blank">here</a></p></div>Review of the Authentication of Extra Virgin Olive Oil (EVOO) by NMRhttps://www.foodauthenticity.global/blog/review-of-the-authentication-of-extra-virgin-olive-oil-evoo-by-nm2022-08-03T10:35:25.000Z2022-08-03T10:35:25.000ZMark Woolfehttps://www.foodauthenticity.global/members/MarkWoolfe<div><p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}10742783097,RESIZE_930x{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}10742783097,RESIZE_400x{{/staticFileLink}}" width="271" height="296" alt="10742783097?profile=RESIZE_400x" /></a>EVOO is one of the foods lidentified as being very vulnerable to food fraud. This comprehensive review examines the application of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy to EVOO as a reliable and rapid tool to verify different aspects of its adulteration, such as undeclared blends with cheaper oils and cultivar, and geographical origin mislabelling. NMR makes it possible to use both targeted and untargeted approaches, and to determine the olive oil metabolomic profile and the quantification of its constituents.</p>
<p>Read the full open access paper <a href="http://ift.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1111/1541-4337.13005" target="_blank">here</a></p></div>Book on the Authenticity of Plant Foods Publishedhttps://www.foodauthenticity.global/blog/book-on-the-authenticity-of-plant-foods-published2022-04-12T10:14:25.000Z2022-04-12T10:14:25.000ZMark Woolfehttps://www.foodauthenticity.global/members/MarkWoolfe<div><p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}10356801473,RESIZE_400x{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-left" src="{{#staticFileLink}}10356801473,RESIZE_400x{{/staticFileLink}}" width="184" height="185" alt="10356801473?profile=RESIZE_400x" /></a>CRC Press has published a book entitled "The Authenticity of Foods of Plant Origin". The 13 chapters cover a wide range of plant foods including tomato, rice, banana, wheat, maize, GMO's, wine and olive oil, as well as covering traceability, legislation, and trends to improve authenticity and traceability. The book is available as both a hard back and ebook.</p>
<p>Link to the book <a href="https://scholar.google.com/scholar_url?url=https://books.google.com/books%3Fhl%3Den%26lr%3Dlang_en%26id%3D_iNnEAAAQBAJ%26oi%3Dfnd%26pg%3DPA2003%26dq%3Dfood%2Bfraud%26ots%3Dqjw7rlPUCT%26sig%3Dwp0_Tz32dl1EbkDMCx3n7FYUJVY&hl=en&sa=X&d=1943606516717504268&ei=et9KYsXgJ5LeyQSQoL7oCQ&scisig=AAGBfm1AzNu8-ZMdiJKPopikYsCOdabHDw&oi=scholaralrt&hist=WSdyhgEAAAAJ:9397066396471281417:AAGBfm15MWeVkyTMCaYYuhSslDgLNhCPkg&html=&pos=3&folt=kw-top" target="_blank">here</a></p></div>Food Forensics: Techniques to Determine the Authenticity of Foodhttps://www.foodauthenticity.global/blog/food-forensics-techniques-to-determine-the-authenticity-of-food2022-02-27T18:02:15.000Z2022-02-27T18:02:15.000ZMark Woolfehttps://www.foodauthenticity.global/members/MarkWoolfe<div><p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}10158646653,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}10158646653,RESIZE_584x{{/staticFileLink}}" width="550" alt="10158646653?profile=RESIZE_584x" /></a></p>
<p>In this article, applications of several analytical techniques such as DNA-based techniques, spectrometric techniques, spectroscopic techniques, chromatographic techniques, lateral flow immunoassays, and neutron and proton based nuclear analytical techniques for forensic food analysis are discussed. These techniques are capable of analysing food samples rapidly, and permit the identification of authenticity markers, which are essential in uncovering food fraud. In addition, authenticity analyses of dyes in food, seafood, plant-based food, beverages, and forensic analysis of postmortem viscera are reviewed. </p>
<p>Read the abstract <a href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0379073822000731?via%3Dihub" target="_blank">here</a></p></div>FDA Proposes Additional Traceability Requirements for Certain Foodshttps://www.foodauthenticity.global/blog/fda-proposes-additional-traceability-requirements-for-certain-foo2020-10-16T09:50:06.000Z2020-10-16T09:50:06.000ZMark Woolfehttps://www.foodauthenticity.global/members/MarkWoolfe<div><p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/8041138261?profile=original" target="_blank"><img class="align-center" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/8041138261?profile=RESIZE_400x" width="400" alt="8041138261?profile=RESIZE_400x" /></a></p>
<p>The FDA (Food and Drug Administration) is proposing additional record keeping requirements for a list of "high risk" foods under the US Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), which is intended to make it easier to rapidly and effectively track the movement of a food to prevent or mitigate a foodborne illness outbreak. The Food Traceability List (FTL) identifies the foods which would be covered by the new rule. The additional recordkeeping requirements would apply not only to foods specifically listed on the FTL, but also to foods that contain foods on the list as ingredients.</p>
<p>Read the FDA's Proposal <a href="http://www.fda.gov/food/food-safety-modernization-act-fsma/food-traceability-list" target="_blank">here</a></p></div>More than 30% of meat products in France fail to comply with labelling and traceability requirementshttps://www.foodauthenticity.global/blog/more-than-30-of-meat-products-in-france-fail-to-comply-with-label2020-09-15T15:51:14.000Z2020-09-15T15:51:14.000ZSelvarani Elahihttps://www.foodauthenticity.global/members/SelvaraniElahi869<div><p><img class="align-center" src="https://cdn-a.william-reed.com/var/wrbm_gb_food_pharma/storage/images/publications/food-beverage-nutrition/foodnavigator.com/news/food-safety-quality/one-third-of-meat-products-in-france-breach-labelling-and-traceability-requirements/11716692-1-eng-GB/One-third-of-meat-products-in-France-breach-labelling-and-traceability-requirements_wrbm_large.jpg" alt="France's DCGGRF has undertaken an investigation to determine whether meat producers are complying with traceability and labelling requirements. Pic: GettyImages/margouillatphotos" width="588" height="330" /></p>
<p>In April 2015, origin labelling became mandatory for <a class="hi-kw" href="https://www.newsbreak.com/channels/fresh-meat">fresh meat</a> products in France.</p>
<p>Three years on, France’s Directorate-General for Competition, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Control (DGCCRF) conducted an investigation into beef, sheep, pork, and poultry products in France, which has revealed more than 30% fail to comply with labelling and traceability requirements. </p>
<p>Read <a href="https://www.foodnavigator.com/Article/2020/09/04/One-third-of-meat-products-in-France-breach-labelling-and-traceability-requirements" target="_blank">full article</a>.</p></div>Overview of the Role of Gene Sequencing in Food Fraud, Safety, and Traceabilityhttps://www.foodauthenticity.global/blog/overview-of-role-of-gene-sequencing-in-food-fraud-safety-and-trac2020-09-11T10:41:19.000Z2020-09-11T10:41:19.000ZMark Woolfehttps://www.foodauthenticity.global/members/MarkWoolfe<div><p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/7896014072?profile=original" target="_blank"><img class="align-center" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/7896014072?profile=RESIZE_400x" width="350" alt="7896014072?profile=RESIZE_400x" /></a></p>
<p>This article in New Food Magazine discusses how Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) and Whole Gene Sequencing (WGS) can assist in detecting and identifying contamination, and also playing an important role in assuring traceability of food products when combined with blockchain along the supply chain. Technology improvements have meant that NGS and WGS have high throughputs at much lower cost than before, and NGS machine can now be used for WGS as well.</p>
<p>The genomic information derived by these techniques on pathogenic bacterial contamination when combined with data such as the date and place of findings, can help track down the exact sources of contamination and therefore avoid large scale recalls of food products. The role of NGS in obtaining DNA traceability combined with blockchain permits products all the way along the supply chain to be traced back to their original raw materials whether that be plants or animals. </p>
<p>Read the article <a href="http://www.newfoodmagazine.com/article/118398/food-testing-4-0/" target="_blank">here</a></p></div>TraceNext: Monitoring food safety in entire supply chain from farm to consumerhttps://www.foodauthenticity.global/blog/tracenext-monitoring-food-safety-in-entire-supply-chain-from-farm2020-07-24T11:33:54.000Z2020-07-24T11:33:54.000ZSelvarani Elahihttps://www.foodauthenticity.global/members/SelvaraniElahi869<div><p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/7136232265?profile=RESIZE_930x" target="_blank"><img class="align-left" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/7136232265?profile=RESIZE_710x" alt="7136232265?profile=RESIZE_710x" width="645" height="350" /></a>Today, amidst COVID-19 lockdown and growing pandemic, global food value chains stand disrupted across all commodities. Food safety has been a growing global concern that is only set to rise in this COVID world. It is in these times that it has become more imperative than ever, to ensure unadulterated and safe food across global food value chains.</p>
<p>Digitisation of such value chains towards making food safe, trackable and of desired consumer quality, needs to be accelerated and implemented at a much faster pace than ever.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>SourceTrace is a globally leading name in traceability and has already implemented solutions across diverse sectors such as fruits and vegetables, organic cotton, vanilla, aquaculture, flavours and fragrances, spices, honey and more. Working across 28 countries since 2013, SourceTrace’s DATAGREEN platform helps companies track their produce from global locations across all stages while maintaining complete transparency and assurance of quality.</p>
<p>AgNext solves the problem of quality, bringing the best of the technology world for agribusinesses. Using state-of-art technologies in computer vision, spectroscopy and Internet-of-Things (IoT), AgNext has created the singular platform QUALIX, through which trade quality and safety parameters for multiple commodities could be assessed in a minute, enabling agribusinesses to leapfrog their procurement and operations processes, optimise costs, provide traceability, sharpen and smoothen blockchains and most importantly produce excellent products of highest quality for consumers and ensure fair-trade practices with farmers.<br /> <br /> Helping businesses ensure the quality of food right from the farm-gates to the consumers, AgNext has partnered with key nodal institutions in multiple commodities and has also been working with leading corporates in each of the segments.</p>
<p>By combining their solutions and signing an MoU, AgNext and SourceTrace have created a technology platform, TraceNext, that can provide complete value chain traceability with an assurance of quality from the farm-gates to the consumer.</p>
<p>The benefits for such a platform as TraceNext, brings immense value to multiple commodity value chains, ensuring various aspects like</p>
<ul>
<li>Trace food origin and chain of custody</li>
<li>Monitor ethical and sustainable practices used in growing food</li>
<li>Complete value chain traceability – from farm to consumer</li>
<li>Legal and compliance norms</li>
<li>Instant quality testing on trade and safety parameters</li>
<li>Instant trade decisions without any delays and dependencies</li>
<li>Ensure blockchain and fair-trade practices in commodity supply chains</li>
</ul>
<p>Read <a href="https://agriculturepost.com/tracenext-monitoring-food-safety-in-entire-supply-chain-from-farm-to-consumer/" target="_blank">full article</a>.</p>
<p> <iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wlNyKhpiags" width="750" height="422" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe>.</p></div>Special Issue in the March "Foods" Journal on Food Authentication: Techniques, Trends and Emerging Approacheshttps://www.foodauthenticity.global/blog/special-issue-in-the-march-foods-journal-on-food-authentication-t2020-04-06T11:08:29.000Z2020-04-06T11:08:29.000ZMark Woolfehttps://www.foodauthenticity.global/members/MarkWoolfe<div><p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/4340533394?profile=RESIZE_710x" target="_blank"><img class="align-left" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/4340533394?profile=RESIZE_710x" width="306" alt="4340533394?profile=RESIZE_710x" /></a>The March 2020 Foods Journal has a special issue on “Food Authentication: Techniques, Trends and Emerging Approaches” consisting of 12 articles (11 original research articles and 1 review), which focus on the development and application of analytical techniques and emerging approaches in food authentication. The research papers cover the authentication of foods with high commercial value, such as olive oil, Iberian ham or fruits, among others. The review examines the potential of matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry (MALDI-MS) as a valuable technique to determine small metabolites in food tissue sections without requiring purification, extraction, separation or labelling. It can be used not only to identify the composition of foods, but also to investigate among other applications, their geographical origin for improved traceability, food safety and breed enhancement. </p>
<p>Read the full <a href="http://www.mdpi.com/journal/foods/special_issues/Food_authentication_Techniques_Trends_Emerging_Approaches#keywords" target="_blank">special issue</a></p></div>Major Tunisian Olive Oil Producer Introduces Blockchain to Protect its Brandhttps://www.foodauthenticity.global/blog/major-tunisian-olive-oil-producer-introduces-blockchain-to-protec2020-01-22T18:19:11.000Z2020-01-22T18:19:11.000ZMark Woolfehttps://www.foodauthenticity.global/members/MarkWoolfe<div><p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3830643970?profile=original" target="_blank"><img class="align-left" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3830643970?profile=RESIZE_710x" width="245" height="137" alt="3830643970?profile=RESIZE_710x" /></a>Tunisian company CHO, which is one of the largest olive oil producers in the southern Mediterranean has introduced blockchain technology to assure the integrity of its brand Terra Delyssa extra virgin olive oil. CHO is the latest major food company to join <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/ibm-launches-blockchain-food-tracking-network-joined-by-retail-giant-carrefour">IBM’S Food Trust Network</a>. The blockchain will track Terra Delyssa across eight quality assurance checkpoints, including the orchard where the olives were grown, the mill where olives were crushed, and the production facilities where the oil was filtered, bottled and distributed.</p>
<p>Read the article <a href="http://cointelegraph.com/news/mediterranean-olive-oil-producer-uses-ibm-blockchain-to-fight-food-fraud" target="_blank">here</a></p></div>Comprehensive Review of the Adulteration of Olive Oilhttps://www.foodauthenticity.global/blog/comprehensive-review-of-the-adulteration-of-olive-oil2020-01-17T16:23:39.000Z2020-01-17T16:23:39.000ZMark Woolfehttps://www.foodauthenticity.global/members/MarkWoolfe<div><p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3823828176?profile=RESIZE_710x" target="_blank"><img class="align-left" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3823828176?profile=RESIZE_710x" width="300" alt="3823828176?profile=RESIZE_710x" /></a>This review provides general information about olive oil and the possible causes of adulteration, mislabelling, counterfeiting, and fraud of the product. It reviews the possible adulterants in olive oil, the underlying causes of adulteration, and how to test for the presence of these adulterants. Data on trade and market dynamics are included. Also, the review focuses primarily on current deceptive practices in the global olive oil trade rather than historical adulterations.</p>
<p>Read the full review <a href="http://cms.herbalgram.org/BAP/pdf/BAPP-BABs-OliveOil-CC20new-012020-FINAL.pdf" target="_blank">here</a></p></div>A Case Study on Food Traceability using Walmart-IBM Pork and Mango Blockchain Pilotshttps://www.foodauthenticity.global/blog/a-case-study-on-food-traceability-using-walmart-ibm-pork-and-mang2018-06-19T11:49:13.000Z2018-06-19T11:49:13.000ZSelvarani Elahihttps://www.foodauthenticity.global/members/SelvaraniElahi869<div><p><a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/35613710?profile=original" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img class="align-full" src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/35613710?profile=RESIZE_710x" width="710" /></a></p>
<div style="padding: 1.45px 149.2px 1.94px 1.16px; left: 812.41px; top: 1020.37px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 18.33px; transform: scaleX(0.947375) translateX(-1.16462px) translateY(-1.45833px);">This case study highlights the challenges of implementing blockchain technology in the food supply chain and the opportunities for deploying blockchain solutions throughout the global food ecosystem to increase safety and reduce waste.</div>
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<div style="padding: 1.45px 149.2px 1.94px 1.16px; left: 812.41px; top: 1020.37px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 18.33px; transform: scaleX(0.947375) translateX(-1.16462px) translateY(-1.45833px);">To maintain whole chain traceability, this kind of initiative requires leadership to coordinate stakeholders and promote awareness of different technology solutions. “This is not about competition, this is about collaboration,” according to Yiannas (2017). “It’s about creating a solution that offers shared value for stakeholders.” Throughout the product life cycle, supply chain participants were able to record, crosscheck, and ensure a product’s authenticity and trace its movement and quality (Doyle, 2014). This information gave all participants greater control over their brands and businesses and supported deeper learning capacities from enhanced gathering of data and analytics. Such a supply chain network could eventually include research and development centers, primary production facilities, aggregation and mobilization providers, trading and grading participants, wholesalers, retailers, and customers (Matta, 2013).</div>
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<div style="padding: 1.45px 149.2px 1.94px 1.16px; left: 812.41px; top: 1020.37px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 18.33px; transform: scaleX(0.947375) translateX(-1.16462px) translateY(-1.45833px);">Blockchain technology enables food traceability to the item level, not just batch level, so that participants can trace each item in the supply chain (Wuest, 2015). Walmart’s blockchain pilot identified which data were relevant to capture and compiled a list of mandatory attributes (lot number, pack date, quantity shipped, unit of measure, purchase order number, shipment identifiers) and a list of optional attributes (carton serial numbers, pallet number, harvest date, buyer identifier, vendor/supplier identifier). Consistency is key. Pilot leaders should adopt data structures that align with standards and develop requirements for master data and guidelines for data retention (Can - Trace Secretariat, 2004). This supply chain portrait accounts for inter-operability among ledger participants with an indepth grasp of data. Walmart chose IBM’s blockchain solution because it was “not recreating supply chain, but leveraging existing technologies to enhance supply chain traceability using Hyperledger” (Burkitt, 2014).</div>
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<div style="padding: 1.45px 149.2px 1.94px 1.16px; left: 812.41px; top: 1020.37px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 18.33px; transform: scaleX(0.947375) translateX(-1.16462px) translateY(-1.45833px);">Like Walmart’s blockchain pilot, “traceability systems that are integrated with existing company business practices are more likely to be maintained and more likely to be accurate than stand alone traceability systems” (Can-Trace Secretariat, 2004).</div>
<div style="padding: 1.45px 149.2px 1.94px 1.16px; left: 812.41px; top: 1020.37px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 18.33px; transform: scaleX(0.947375) translateX(-1.16462px) translateY(-1.45833px);">“Visibility, optimization, and demand” are key challenges in creating inter-operable devices and platforms (Gantait, 2017).</div>
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<div style="padding: 1.45px 149.2px 1.94px 1.16px; left: 812.41px; top: 1020.37px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 18.33px; transform: scaleX(0.947375) translateX(-1.16462px) translateY(-1.45833px);">Walmart will continue to experiment, scale, and learn from its blockchain pilots as it builds coalitions within the supply chain ecosystem where members are seeking to implement blockchain applications more broadly. Blockchain is bigger and broader than these pork and mango pilots. However, for Walmart, block chain technology was deployed specifically to solve societal issues of broken food chains. Leveraging existing devices and sensors, Walmart’s blockchain pilots identify systemic vulnerabilities in the food supply chain and go beyond technology and business to regain people’s trust and confidence in food.</div>
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</div>Roadmap for Australian agrifood exports published which highlights need for further improvements in traceabilityhttps://www.foodauthenticity.global/blog/roadmap-for-australian-agrifood-exports-published-which-highlight2017-08-02T12:01:26.000Z2017-08-02T12:01:26.000ZSelvarani Elahihttps://www.foodauthenticity.global/members/SelvaraniElahi869<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2246590?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation's (CSIRO) has published a Food and Agribusiness Roadmap to which identifies  key growth areas for Australia's food exports.</p>
<p>The document was produced in collaboration with FIAL and names climate change, geopolitical instability and technological advances among the primary challenges facing Australian agribusinesses in the coming decades and warns that previous successes cannot be sustained through productivity improvements alone.</p>
<p>Five key growth enablers arose from industry consultation, each requiring a unique mix of science and technology investment, business action and ecosystem assistance:</p>
<p>1) Traceability and provenance</p>
<p>2 ) Food safety and biosecurity</p>
<p>3) Market intelligence and access</p>
<p>4) Collaboration and knowledge sharing</p>
<p>5) Skills.</p>
<p>The report states that food fraud is estimated to cost around 40 billion U.S. dollars per year worldwide, with the United States (29.8%), China (13.6%) and India (12.6%) being the largest sources of fraudulent production. However, the report also highlights breakthroughs in tracking RFID chips, barcodes and QR codes in food labels and predicts that these will help address some of industry's concerns in traceability and provenance.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.csiro.au/en/Do-business/Futures/Reports/Food-and-Agribusiness-Roadmap" target="_blank">Read Roadmap.</a></p>
</div>IBM Working Towards 2017 Launch of its Block Chain Technologyhttps://www.foodauthenticity.global/blog/ibm-working-towards-2017-launch-of-its-block-chain-technology2017-07-13T14:10:45.000Z2017-07-13T14:10:45.000ZMark Woolfehttps://www.foodauthenticity.global/members/MarkWoolfe<div><p><span>IBM is working towards the 2017 beta launch (the next stage after internal development) of a food-provenance service based on blockchain technology. An outline of its planned offering, which has yet to be formally launched, has emerged recently as a result of presentations by company executives at supply chain industry events. <span>Dubbed simply "Food Safety Solution," the service, which should be available in beta at the end of this year, is targeting a wide range of entities that make up the food supply chain ecosystem, including growers, food processors and distributors, as well as logistics providers and retailers.</span></span></p>
<p><span>Read the full article at: <a href="http://www.nasdaq.com/article/ibm-targets-2017-beta-for-food-safety-blockchain-project-cm813205" target="_blank">IBM block chain technology nearly ready</a></span></p>
</div>A Review of Food Traceability in Food Supply Chainhttps://www.foodauthenticity.global/blog/a-review-of-food-traceability-in-food-supply-chain2017-04-05T15:02:25.000Z2017-04-05T15:02:25.000ZMark Woolfehttps://www.foodauthenticity.global/members/MarkWoolfe<div><p>This short paper reviews food traceability in food supply chain. There are four parts in this paper, including driving factors for food traceability, challenges behind the implementation of food traceability systems, techniques applied for food traceability and application of food traceability systems.</p>
<p>Read the review at: <a href="http://www.iaeng.org/publication/IMECS2017/IMECS2017_pp797-800.pdf" target="_blank">Food Traceability in the Supply Chain</a></p>
</div>NI Company Invests in BlockChain Technology To Improve Traceability and Authenticityhttps://www.foodauthenticity.global/blog/ni-company-invests-in-blockchain-technology-to-improve-traceabili2017-02-09T15:08:01.000Z2017-02-09T15:08:01.000ZMark Woolfehttps://www.foodauthenticity.global/members/MarkWoolfe<div><p><span>N. Ireland Tech. Company Arc-Net is developing a blockchain technology to improve the traceability and authentication of food. <span>Blockchain technology is a cloud-based platform that is designed to have high levels of security and flexibility, which protectively marks, authenticates and tracks foods across the whole supply chain. The company has received a £2 million investment to develop the technology.</span></span></p>
<p><span><span>Read the article at: <a href="http://www.securingindustry.com/food-and-beverage/uk-anti-food-fraud-firm-gets-2m-backing/s104/a3187/#.WJyCOjuLTct" target="_blank">NI Company Blockchain investment</a></span></span></p>
</div>Tracking Food’s Microbiome to Improve Safety, Traceability and Authenticityhttps://www.foodauthenticity.global/blog/tracking-food-s-microbiome-to-improve-safety-traceability-and-aut2016-01-29T17:11:24.000Z2016-01-29T17:11:24.000ZMark Woolfehttps://www.foodauthenticity.global/members/MarkWoolfe<div><p>Mars is collaborating with IBM in the US to track its raw material microbiome along the food supply chain to use it as a marker for traceability, authenticity, safety and even freshness.</p>
<p>Read the full article at:  http://fortune.com/2016/01/27/ibm-mars-food-safety-big-data/</p>
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