By Anurag Mishra
Traceability of any product is nothing but ability to track every aspect of manufacturing and distributing a product. In case of food and beverage, it becomes critical to trace the product from “Grass to Glass” or “farm to fork” . Traceability is extremely important in case of any crisis like withdrawal, recall, and identifying the root cause of any issues raised by customer / consumer / regulatory bodies . In India, FSSAI mandates an end to end traceability of all food products .
There are 2 types of traceability, Forward and Backward. Forward traceability is ability to trace the forward movement of that product (after manufacturing) in supply chain, mainly in warehousing, transportation, and further distribution till retailors . Backward traceability is tracing the backwardmanufacturing/ processing aspect like all steps of processing, used raw materials , packaging materials , process aids etc.
In dairy industry , farm level traceability will fall under backward traceability. Farm level traceability is noting but tracing the milk till the first level of its collection. These days, it is extremely important because if any chemical contaminants like aflatoxin , melamine or inhibitory substances like antibiotics or adulterants , are identified in any batch of milk then farm level traceability becomes the most important factor to identify the district/block/village/farm , from where the contamination has happened .
For example if one dairy organization is collecting milk from 10000 farmers and after that day’s collection if some adulterant / contamination is observed then dairy must be able to identify that from which farm adulterated or contaminated milk was supplied. read more…..
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