title: Making traceability work across the entire food supply chain.
abstract: The Institute of Food Technologists held Traceability Research Summits on July 14, August 22, and November 1, 2011, to address how to meet the growing requirement for agriculture and food traceability. Each meeting had a group of about 50 individuals who came from food companies, trade associations, local, state, and federal governments, 3rd-party traceability solution providers, not-for-profit corporations, consultants, and consumer groups. They discussed and deliberated the objectives of traceability and the means to develop product tracing in the food system. A total of 70 people participated in the 3 summits. These individuals were invited to participate in a small workgroup responsible for considering the details related to product tracing and presenting draft concepts to the larger group on November 1, 2011, in Chicago. During this meeting, the larger assembly further refined the concepts and came to an agreement on the basic principles and overall design of the desired approach to traceability.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Food Technologists, 1025 Connecticut Ave. NW, Suite 503, Washington, DC 20036, U.S.A.
authors.forename: Tejas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bhatt
authors.forename: Greg
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Buckley
authors.forename: Jennifer C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: McEntire
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lothian
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sterling
authors.forename: Caitlin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hickey
mesh_terms: D002641:Chicago; D003257:Consumer Product Safety / Q000592:standards*; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D059022:Food Safety / Q000379:methods; D005523:Food Supply / Q000592:standards*; D005524:Food Technology / Q000592:standards; D040541:Marketing / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards
keywords: costs-benefit analysis; food traceability; public policy and regulations; tracing technology