April 15, 2014 8:56 am
Though some companies are making efforts to provide clean feed, the lack of traceability makes consumers unable to know where the farmed salmon come from. It was a present-day Viking invasion that inspired Alexandra Morton to begin her decades-long battle against the perils of farmed salmon. The American-born marine […]
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April 11, 2014 8:52 am
The United Nations Global Compact and BSR today released a first-of-its-kind guide on traceability to help companies and stakeholders worldwide address the evolving landscape of supply chain sustainability and meet their broader sustainability goals. A Guide to Traceability: A Practical Approach to Advance Sustainability in Global Supply Chains provides […]
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8:36 am
Up to 26 percent of all wild seafood imports to the U.S. is so-called pirate fish Exposés of deception and abuse in food supply chains have become disturbingly routine. Whether we’re hearing about pink slime or horsemeat passed off as beef, the news is consistently unsettling: We can’t trust […]
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April 10, 2014 8:39 am
Among the changes to its policy are commitments to establish traceability of palm oil and palm kernel oil to supplier mills by December 2015 Procter & Gamble Co. announced new sustainability goals Tuesday for no deforestation in its palm oil supply chain. The change was applauded by Greenpeace, whose […]
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April 4, 2014 8:30 am
First GAP certified high school agriculture program in North Carolina lets North Stokes students grow food for school system Do you know where your lunch came from? Or who harvested it? Or how it was grown? When there’s lettuce on the menu at North Stokes High School, students know […]
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March 28, 2014 8:46 am
Better surveillance — being able to identify which pathogen or organism is most often associated with which foods — aids traceability and resource management. Foods such as raw oysters and sashimi may be delicacies, but they may also become the source of illness and health problems. “Foodborne illness is […]
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March 25, 2014 8:52 am
The Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA) and the University of Maryland will conduct an advanced food safety training workshop An Advanced Food Safety Training workshop focused about fruit and vegetable production and packing practices will start on Wednesday, April 23, from 9 am to 4 pm at MDA Headquarters, […]
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March 18, 2014 9:46 am
Park City Group Duo Addresses Food & Dairy Convention in Orlando Two executives from Park City Group (NASDAQ:PCYG), a leader in consumer goods supply chain technology designed to increase sales and reduce out-of-stocks, addressed more than 200 attendees of the All Star Convention in Orlando, Florida on Saturday, March […]
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March 14, 2014 9:15 am
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “Global Food Traceability Market (Tracking Technologies) Report 2020″ report to their offering. The RFID technology is expected to grow at the highest rate of 19.4% among all technologies of food traceability market. The reason for the high growth rate of […]
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March 4, 2014 8:37 am
The e-traceability platform component of GST empowers the seafood industry to access and share data approved by businesses. Seafood is the most traded food in the world, and such distinction brings both challenge and opportunity, as recently witnessed in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. The seafood industry is open […]
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