Foodtrace PETER Workshop

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Foodtrace - Full of passions and convictions
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Foodtrace sought to extend the concepts of
traceability from item tracking to satisfy
requirements for achieving better support for
safety and quality and to enable governments and
industry install mechanisms that assure the
consumer of a common approach
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• Three significant issues were being seen to
  influence the development and management of food
  supply chains
• Globalisation of trade
• Increasing regulatory demands for
• traceability
• Cross-supply chain complexity

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The generic framework distinguishes the following
requirements 1. A universal means of numbering
and identification allowing for total adoption
by food supply chain businesses and capable of
accommodating legacy systems.
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2. Systems that can be defined and implemented in
a manner which allows migration strategies from
existing systems to the universal system with a
minimum of disruption.
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3. An implementation methodology for systems
that will allow added-value process development
in addition to the fulfilment of all traceability
functions, including process developments that
support better traceability.
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4. Systems that allow item-identification and
linkage to associated information sets. It will
be held and maintained in the chain-supporting
businesses and, as appropriate, in distributed
databases.
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• Systems that support a both primary (biological
  and other feature-based identifiers) and
  secondary identification (standardised data
  carrier-based numeric and alpha-numeric
  identifiers).
• Note Physical One-Way Functions (POWFs)
  and Laser Surface Authentication (LSA) as primary
  identification techniques

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Primary and Secondary Identification
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• Systems that support a range of data carrier
  technologies, data capture techniques within and
  between points of handling in supply chains
• Note FoodTrace accommodates both
  internal and external traceability without
  distinction total traceability with information
  at change points with vertical and transverse
  connectivity

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'One-Step' Connectivity
The Generic Framework - Vertical Transverse
Connectivity
Item-attendant Data Carriers
Inter-nodal communication links
Mobile Connectivity
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7. Systems that accommodate emergent data capture
techniques and associated data components such as
those derived from chemical, biological and
physical sensors.
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8. Systems that accommodate new developments in
process modelling and applications where
identification and traceability are of relevance.
An example could be flow modelling of
continuous food manufacturing lines with a view
to improved batch resolution also
item-attendant ICT.
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Item Processing and Identification Continuous
processing
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9. Systems that can accommodate developments and
standardisation in data transfer and
communications within the evolving e-commerce
infrastructure.
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Nodal Data Transfer
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10. Systems that can accommodate consumer
information needs and enhanced access to
traceability information.
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Consumer support - Talking Matrix
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Foodtrace - Considering the bigger
picture Thank you for your attention