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Traceability: Friend or Foe?

Traceability: Friend or Foe?. C arol Jones, PhD, PE, Oklahoma State University Stored Products Research and Education Center. Missouri Fumigation Training January 10 – 11, 2010. Traceability: Friend or Foe?.

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Traceability: Friend or Foe?

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  1. Traceability: Friend or Foe? Carol Jones, PhD, PE, Oklahoma State UniversityStored Products Research and Education Center Missouri Fumigation TrainingJanuary 10 – 11, 2010

  2. Traceability: Friend or Foe? Ability to trace the history, application or location of an entity by means of recorded identifications. (EU #1830) Missouri Fumigation TrainingJanuary 10 – 11, 2010

  3. Traceability: Friend or Foe? • Food Safety problems • Security Threats • Production Practices (organic, GMO, pure seed genetics, genotype) • Improved logistics and handling….reduce costs • Quality assurance and uniformity • Reg. compliance • Meet customer demands: quality, social/cultural desires, freshness Missouri Fumigation TrainingJanuary 10 – 11, 2010

  4. Traceability: Friend or Foe? Dr. C. Hurburgh…Iowa State University Missouri Fumigation TrainingJanuary 10 – 11, 2010

  5. Traceability: Friend or Foe? Benefits • Improved supply chain management • Inventory control • Access to contracts and markets • More targeted recalls • Opportunity for targeted improvement • Marketing through technology to customers Types of costs • Capital investment and start up • Software and associated fees • Equipment • Consultants • Labor and training • Materials and supplies • Change in operations Missouri Fumigation TrainingJanuary 10 – 11, 2010

  6. Traceability: Friend or Foe? • Where is the grain market now? • One step forward and one step back • Positive fairly easy to document • Paper or electronic • Manual or automatic • Negative: time intensive to track through in case of emergency or outbreak Carol Jones, PhD, PE, Oklahoma State UniversityStored Products Research and Education Center Missouri Fumigation TrainingJanuary 10 – 11, 2010

  7. Traceability: Friend or Foe? GTIN LOT # Primary Producer (Farmer) 1 Step Up/1 StepDown Output Input GTIN LOT # Processor / Packer (Elevator) Output Input SUPPLY CHAIN GTIN LOT # Wholesaler / Distributor (Flour Mill) Output Input GTIN LOT # Distribution Center (Wholesale Mkt) Output Input Retail Outlet (food purchase point) Missouri Fumigation TrainingJanuary 10 – 11, 2010

  8. Traceability: Friend or Foe? • Other markets: • Cattle • NAIS • Cotton • Fresh Fruit and Vegetables • Product Traceability Initiative • GS1 and GTIN Missouri Fumigation TrainingJanuary 10 – 11, 2010

  9. Traceability: Friend or Foe? Mission: Create action plan for produce industry to adopt effective whole chain traceability through common technology and standards that link internal traceability programs Internal Traceability = each company’s own system External Traceability = data exchange between trading partners Whole-Chain Traceability = Internal + External traceability Missouri Fumigation TrainingJanuary 10 – 11, 2010

  10. Traceability: Friend or Foe? Databar Primary Producer Output Input Processor / Packer Output Input SUPPLY CHAIN Wholesaler / Distributor Output Input Distribution Center/Retail Outlet Output Input Databar Consumer Missouri Fumigation TrainingJanuary 10 – 11, 2010

  11. Traceability: Friend or Foe? • Data Collection Methods and Identification • RFID: • Active • Passive • Bar Code • Human Readable labels Carol Jones, PhD, PE, Oklahoma State UniversityStored Products Research and Education Center Missouri Fumigation TrainingJanuary 10 – 11, 2010

  12. Traceability: Friend or Foe? • What’s this look like in grain??? • Truck load ID based on field location, owner • Initial dump bin • Date/time stamp: helps determine location in bin • Outloading and mixing information • Integrate with aeration, insect sensing, fumigation, temperature control, turning Missouri Fumigation TrainingJanuary 10 – 11, 2010

  13. Traceability: Friend or Foe? Benefits • Inventory control • Grain “Sheds” based on quality • Improved supply chain management • Opportunity for targeted improvement • Marketing through technology to customers Types of costs • Capital investment and start up • Software and associated fees • Equipment • Consultants • Labor and training • Materials and supplies • Change in operations Missouri Fumigation TrainingJanuary 10 – 11, 2010

  14. Traceability: Friend or Foe? To the Future… Will traceability be mandated? What do we do to prepare? Will it be worth it? What choices do we have? Missouri Fumigation TrainingJanuary 10 – 11, 2010

  15. Traceability: Friend or Foe? Questions Carol Jones, PhD, PE, Oklahoma State UniversityStored Products Research and Education Center Missouri Fumigation TrainingJanuary 10 – 11, 2010

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