Traceability
Traceability, or the ability of manufacturers to trace their product ingredients from the beginning of the supply chain to their final use, remains a hot sidebar in the food safety debate. Even before the melamine scare and peanut recall, IDFA recognized the importance of knowing who your suppliers are and began an effort to better understand the complexities of traceability.
In particular, IDFA has been cooperating with the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) for several years on a number of traceability projects conducted under contracts with the Food and Drug Administration. IFT recently conducted two industry stakeholder traceability summits and was awarded a contract with FDA to conduct the traceability pilots required by the Food Safety Modernization Act. To gain a better understanding of the direction of traceability, visit the Food Product Tracing section at www.ift.org.
