Traceability Data International Standards

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Traceability DataInternational Standards

• IAN RUSSELL
• Codeway Ltd

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• Business and Regulation
• International Developments
• Needs and Opportunities

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Business and Regulation
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BSE - A Precautionary Story

• BSE confirmed in UK herds - May 1987
• US bans UK cattle imports - July 1989
• EU bans UK beef exports - March 1996
• EU lifts ban - March 2006

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UK beef and live cattle exports 1986-96, by value
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Consumer prices stable as farm gate prices in
free fall
RPI for beef 1987-97
Market price for cattle 1987-97
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TAUK 1997-8

• Agents traded beef until 1996 when retailers
  first began to talk to farmers
• Processors asked for instant information instead
  of paper passports 1998
• Some producers set up full traceabilityand
  started marketing programs 1998

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TAUK Conclusions

• Model One Up - One Down
• AIDC was often essential - farmers had wanted
  RFID tags
• Retailers needed traceability - consumers thought
  they had it in place
• Traceability - a European/global issue

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International Developments
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USA Import entry lines, in millions
14.4 million
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The Precautionary Principle

• Montreal Protocol (ozone layer) - 1987
• Maastricht Treaty - 1992
• Rio Declaration (environment) - 1992
• General Food Law - 2002
• WTO Doha - 2002

Better safe than sorry"
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Codex July 2006 - Agenda

• Equivalence of sanitary measures
• Risk based inspection
• Traceability/product tracing application
• Certificate formats
• Information exchange on rejected foods

ALINORM 06/29/30
FAO/WHO Trade/Safety
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Codex Risk Based Guidelines

• Use relevant information to assess risk
• Information includes certificates and equivalence
  determinations
• Inspection level related to compliance

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Food Science

• What is safe?
• What is measurable?
• What are the safety limits?
• What data to record?

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Codex Traceability Principles

• Protect consumers and facilitate trade through
  accurate product description
• Traceability must be combined with other measures
  and requirements
• Purpose, objectives and specifications must be
  clearly described

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GS1 Traceability Standard 1.0

• Business Requirements Analysis
• Traceability treated as a process
• GS1 EAN UCC

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GS1 Traceability Data definition

• Any information about the history, application
  or location of a traceable item.

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GS1 Record Traceability Data
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Tracking Multiple Items
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GS1 Request Trace
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Needs and Opportunities
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PETER Traceability Data

• All projects within PETER have data that needs to
  be recorded and integrated into a traceability
  system and therefore have obvious synergies with
  the key generic activities within the TRACE
  project and the FoodTrace guidelines and
  recommendations.

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PETER Information Exchange

• PETER will address the information exchange
  concepts and systems and provide guideline
  prototypes (resulting from comparisons between
  the information systems used by each project) for
  the best methods for all types of stakeholders to
  exchange traceability information.

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Trading Partner Communication
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FOOD A Global Opportunity

• Health
• Quality of life
• Prosperity

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Thank You

• ian.russell_at_codeway.com