Food safety from start to finish

To achieve the transparency that consumers desire regarding the origin of food and ingredients, and the results that investors demand, food companies are gradually abandoning reactive regulatory compliance and manual paper documentation that typically accompany these traditional systems. Instead, food processors and manufacturers are adopting proactive digital supply chain management systems that offer greater control over product quality and safety, from farm to table. Both the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) developed frameworks to guide the food industry towards the digitalization of supply chains. What progress has been made? RFID on hold Radio frequency identification (RFID) tags are small but powerful. These devices contain microchips that can store, send, and receive information via an antenna. In the processing industry, some ranchers use RFID tags to track their animals and thus track diseases. The ...