TraceFood:About

From TraceFood

TraceFood is a framework for traceability which consists of principles, standards and methods for Good Traceabilty Practice in the food industry. By adopting the TraceFood Framework, methods, procedures and practices for meeting all existing and future food traceability requirements are established. TraceFood is compatible with the GS1 recommendations for traceability, and represents a "minimum information loss" scenario with traceability of each individual food item.

TraceFood was originally based on work done in the EU projects TraceFish, SeafoodPlus and TRACE, funded by the European Commission under the fifth and sixth framework programmes. Several other international projects and initiatives now support the framework. Guidelines and standards have been, and are being developed for numerous food sectors, including seafood, mineral water, honey, chicken, cereal and meat.

The TraceFood framework ensures that food items and processes are identified in a uniform way, that a common electronic language is available for interchange of traceability information, and that a common Good Traceability Practice underlie all implementations.