NEWS - NEWS - NEWS

22 June 2009
SEVERAL TRACE MEMBERS CITED IN NEW SCIENTIST ARTICLE
Mason Inman has recently interviewed several members of TRACE to understand food traceability better. Under the title “Fifty ways to interrogate your dinner” he has published then an article in the June 16th, 2009 edition of the New Scientist, an accomplished magazine for the dissemination of science. The New Scientist, being published in paper now for over 50 years, attracts about 2 million users each month for its electronic publication and another 800,000 for its printed edition.
Mason has done a pretty good job in summarising traceability and the determination of origin, so it is probably worthwhile to have a look at the original article.

Information supplied by Heiner Lehr, TRACE web-correspondent (FoodReg)
Source : Newscientist
More...

12 June 2009
DELEGATES FROM FIVE CONTINENTS LAUNCH BRIGHTANIMAL PLF PROJECT AT UK CONFERENCE
Nearly 50 delegates from five continents ensured the successful launch of BrightAnimal, the new EU Framework 7 project on precision livestock farming, when the kick-off meeting was held at the AIDC European Centre of Excellence in Halifax, UK. During the next two years BrightAnimal will work towards producing a framework for effective and acceptable PLF for small and medium sized enterprises in Europe and world-wide.
Information supplied by Heiner Lehr, TRACE web-correspondent (FOODREG)
Source : AIDC
More...
Download file

11 June 2009
PIG MEAT TRACEABILITY NOT WORKING
The report on the Irish pig meat contamination last December says a forensic recall of contaminated product was not possible and a 100% recall was necessitated for a 10% contamination rate. It says that a full traceability of batches at slaughter should be introduced.
Information supplied by Petter Olsen, TRACE web-correspondent (NOFIMA)
Source : RTE news
More...

10 June 2009
COST, BUYER COMMITMENT CAUSE QUESTIONS FOR TRACEBACK INITIATIVE
The Produce Traceability Initiative is being paid for upfront by growers without any immediate return from the market, and the new system could be ‘dead weight’ if it doesn’t provide a marketing tool at the consumer level.
Information supplied by Petter Olsen, TRACE web-correspondent (NOFIMA)
Source : The packer
More...

09 June 2009
ETHICAL CORPORATION INSTITUTE REVEALS THAT CONSUMERS ARE STILL PUTTING ETHICS FIRST
Of the 31 Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives analysed,by the Ethical Corporation Institute only 10% promote product traceability and only 13% have a product label that helps members to communicate ethics to the end consumer
Information supplied by Petter Olsen, TRACE web-correspondent (NOFIMA)
Source : Ethical corporation
More...

 

Old news in archives http://www.trace.eu.org/archive/news.php