Traceability in the food industry
Time and again, products used in the food industry are the subject of negative media reports. As such, EU Directive 178/2002, which came into force in 2005, is as relevant now as it has ever been. Companies that are able to provide full and immediate evidence of which products of which manufacturers have been used in which products have a clear advantage.
EU traceability directives 178/2002 and 1935/2004 are applicable to all the production, processing and sales levels of a company. Companies are obliged to implement systems and procedures that enable them to provide the respective authorities with the relevant information whenever required.
TEAM offers an array of solutions based on its ProTrace information system aimed at ensuring traceability. Data relevant to traceability is imported from all the systems in the company via interface and then edited accordingly. A comprehensive range of evaluation and analysis functions are available.
TEAM offers different kinds of traceability solution, from simple integration in existing system environments to flexible evaluation and analysis options across the entire process chain.
TEAM's ProTrace-based traceability solution has the following key attributes:
- Traceability at the touch of a button
- Full compliance with EU Directives 178/2002 and 1935/2004
- Bottom-up and top-down analyses
- Automated and, as an option, manual data imports from existing systems
- Option of integrating the solution in a company-wide IT solution
