Strict regulations, high material costs, and consumer pressures for safer food are just some of the factors impacting food producers today. The recent outbreak of listeria in cantaloupes and last July’s recall of baby spinach due to E. Coli contamination are just two examples that show how important accurate traceability is in modern food supply […]
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Bar Coding and RFID for the Food Industry
Many mandates, initiatives, and industry efforts are in place to improve traceability and safety in the food supply chain. One important industry effort is the Produce Traceability Initiative (PTI), which strives to achieve supply chain-wide adoption of electronic traceability of every case of produce by 2012. Bar coding and RFID help the food industry achieve […]
Why Standards Improve Food Safety
Because food sources are global, and food manufacturers commingle ingredients from a variety of suppliers, you don’t really know where the food you are consuming came from, how it was grown or made, or how it was shipped to your market. That is why having a traceability system in place is so important to ensure food […]
Tools For Successful PTI Implementation
Fresh produce growers are familiar with the Produce Traceability Initiative and its goal to achieve supply chain-wide adoption of electronic traceability by the year 2012. But if you are unfamiliar with barcoding technology, then you might not know exactly what it is you need that will give you a complete tracking solution. PTI will require […]
PTI Outlines Format for Case Labels
If your goal is to implement the Produce Traceability Initiative (PTI) in your business, then you are aware of the industry-wide effort to create a process to trace produce cases throughout the supply chain. The PTI offers an implementation “toolkit” to help you reach your goal. On the PTI webpage you can find specifics about each one of […]
Need To Comply With PTI Standards?
The Produce Traceability Initiative (PTI) is as industry-wide standards program aimed at developing chain-wide electronic traceability using a standardized system of case barcoding for all produce sold in the U.S. Such a system would enable standardized marking and identification of each case of produce, efficient data collection by buyers and handlers, and electronic storage of that […]
Are You Ready for GS1 Digital Link?
For nearly 50 years, UPC barcodes have been a staple of the retail industry. While the underlying data associated with the barcodes printed on everything we purchase (using the encoded Global Trade Item Number – GTIN) has become really powerful, the UPC barcode remains unchanged. The only exciting thing has been to add an additional […]