Traceability in a food supply chain: Safety and quality perspectives

The food industry is becoming more customer-oriented and needs faster response times to deal with food scandals and incidents. Good traceability systems help to minimize the production and distribution of unsafe or poor quality products, thereby minimizing the potential for bad publicity, liability,...

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Published inFood control Vol. 39; pp. 172 - 184
Main Authors Aung, Myo Min, Chang, Yoon Seok
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.05.2014
Elsevier
Subjects
Biological and medical sciences
Food contamination
Food industries
Food supply chain
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
General aspects
Hygiene and safety
Identification
Quality
Safety
Traceability
Traceability
Identification
Safety
Quality
Food contamination
Food supply chain
Quality assurance
Perspective
Agri-food chains
Contamination
Food
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Summary:The food industry is becoming more customer-oriented and needs faster response times to deal with food scandals and incidents. Good traceability systems help to minimize the production and distribution of unsafe or poor quality products, thereby minimizing the potential for bad publicity, liability, and recalls. The current food labelling system cannot guarantee that the food is authentic, good quality and safe. Therefore, traceability is applied as a tool to assist in the assurance of food safety and quality as well as to achieve consumer confidence. This paper presents comprehensive information about traceability with regards to safety and quality in the food supply chain.
ISSN:0956-7135
1873-7129
DOI:10.1016/j.foodcont.2013.11.007