Chain food information systems

management

Electronic Traceability and Market Access for Agricultural Trade Facilitation

Presented by:

Gwynne Foster

g.foster@mweb.co.za

Based on materials from:

Dr Heiner Lehr

heiner@syntesa.eu

The agenda – Day 3

• Recap of Day 2– Food information systems and their design

– Examples of traceability systems

– Practical exercise 1 – defining supply chains

• Standards

• Trace05 presentation

– Supporting smallholder farmers

– Looking ahead – Practical exercise 2

– Wrap-up

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Complex relationships warrant a standardized trading ecosphere

Originating country

Public authority (G)

Private business (B)

Citizens, Customers or Consumers (C)

Receiving country

Public authority (G)

Private business (B)

Citizens, Customers orConsumers (C)

G2G

B2B

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Data

The agenda – Day 3

• Recap of Day 2

• Standards

– Codex Alimentarius; HACCP; ISO; GLOBALG.A.P.; GS1;

data carriers; TraceFood

– Additional standards (not discussed)

• Trace05 presentation

– Supporting smallholder farmers

– Looking ahead – Practical exercise 2

– Wrap-up

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Examples of procedural standards for food safety

Codex Alimentarius

• Codex Alimentarius was established by FAO and WHO in 1963,

with the purpose of protecting the health of consumers and

ensuring fair practices in the food trade

• Codex Alimentarius develops reference standards for

international food trade

• Currently the Codex Alimentarius Commission has:

– 186 Codex Members (185 Member Countries + EU as Member Organization)

– 224 Codex Observers (52 IGOs, 157 NGOs, 15 UN)

• www.codexalimentarius.org

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Examples of procedural standards for food safety – Codex Alimentarius

• Examples of Codex documents

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Reference Title

CAC/GL 19-1995 Principles and guidelines for the exchange of information in

food safety emergency situations

CAC/GL 25-1997 Guidelines for the exchange of information between countries

on rejections of imported food

CAC/GL 60-2006 Principles for traceability/product tracing as a tool within a

food inspection and certification system

CAC/RCP 52-2003 Code of practice for fish and fishery products

CAC/RCP 53-2003 Code of hygienic practice for fresh fruits and vegetables

FAO/WHO guide for developing and improving national food recall systems

Examples of procedural standards for food safety – Codex Alimentarius

“FAO/WHO guide for developing and improving national food recall systems”

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Examples of procedural standards for food safety – Codex Alimentarius

“FAO/WHO guide for developing and improving national food recall systems”

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Examples of procedural standards for food safety

Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP)

• HACCP is a management system in which food safety

is addressed through

– the analysis and control of biological, chemical,

and physical hazards

– from raw material production, procurement and

handling, to manufacturing, distribution and

consumption of the finished product.

www.fda.gov/Food/GuidanceRegulation/HACCP

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Examples of procedural standards for food safety - HACCP

HACCP principles

HACCP is a systematic approach to the identification, evaluation, and control

of food safety hazards based on the following seven principles:

• Principle 1: Conduct a hazard analysis.

• Principle 2: Determine the critical control points (CCPs).

• Principle 3: Establish critical limits.

• Principle 4: Establish monitoring procedures.

• Principle 5: Establish corrective actions.

• Principle 6: Establish verification procedures.

• Principle 7: Establish record-keeping and documentation procedures.

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Examples of procedural standards for food safety - HACCP

HACCP prerequisite programmes

Prerequisite programs provide the basic environmental and

operating conditions that are necessary for the production of

safe, wholesome food. Common prerequisite programs include:

• Receiving, Storage and Shipping.

– All raw materials and products should be stored under sanitary

conditions and the proper environmental conditions such as

temperature and humidity to assure their safety and

wholesomeness.

• Traceability and Recall.

– All raw materials and products should be lot-coded and a recall

system in place so that rapid and complete traces and recalls

can be done when a product retrieval is necessary.

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Examples of procedural standards for food safety - ISO

International Standards Organisation (ISO)

ISO develops and publishes international standards

• ISO 9000 Quality management

• ISO 14000 Environmental management

• ISO 26000 Social responsibility

• ISO 31000 Risk management

• ISO 22000 Food safety management

• ISO 27001 Information security management

ISO 22000 family

• Family of voluntary industry standards on food safety

• Main building block HACCP

• ISO 22005:2007 – “Traceability through the food and feed chain”

www.iso.org

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Examples of procedural standards for food safety

GLOBALG.A.P.

“G.A.P. stands for Good Agricultural Practice – and GLOBALG.A.P. is the

worldwide standard that assures it.”

• Sets voluntary standards for the certification of agricultural

products around the globe.

• Aims include:

– Creating a single standard system that identifies safe production

methods, responsible use of resources, worker occupational

health and safety, and animal welfare.

– Implementing Good Agricultural Practice worldwide to lay the

foundation for the protection of scarce resources with a

promise for a sustainable future.

www.globalgap.org

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Examples of procedural standards for food safety

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Examples of procedural standards for food safety

Examples of procedural standards for food safety

GS1

• GS1 is an international not-for-profit association with

Member Organisations in over 100 countries.

• GS1 is dedicated to the design and implementation of global

standards and solutions to improve the efficiency and visibility

of supply and demand chains globally and across sectors.

• The GS1 system of standards is the most widely used supply

chain standards system in the world.

• GS1 standards are used in multiple sectors and industries.

• The GS1 GTC Programme supports the implementation of

traceability across the supply chain both locally and globally.

• www.gs1.org16

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Examples of procedural standards for food safety

Data carrier standards

• Basic data carrier types

– Human-oriented labels

– Data carriers for automated identification and data capture (AIDC)

• Data carriers can

– Carry identities (animal, product, traceable unit, logistics unit, asset etc)

– Carry information

One-dimensional barcodes

E.g. Code128

Two-dimensional barcodes

E.g. QRCode

Radio-frequency identifiers (RFID)

E.g. EPCGlobal

IMPORTANT: data carriers do not by themselves establish traceability18

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Examples of procedural standards for food safety

The agenda – Day 3

• Recap of Day 2

• Standards

– Codex Alimentarius; HACCP; ISO; GLOBALG.A.P.; GS1;

data carriers; TraceFood

– Additional standards (not discussed)

• Supporting smallholder farmers

• Looking ahead – Practical exercise 2

• Wrap-up

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Examples of procedural standards for sustainability

• Standards for sustainable food production are mainly sector-based

– ISO14000 series on environmental management

– ISO26000 series on social responsibility (non-certifiable)

• Some sector-specific examples

– Palm oil: Roundtable for sustainable palm oil (RSPO) – www.rspo.org

– Aquaculture: Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) - www.asc-aqua.org

– Fair trade: Fairtrade International (FLO) – www.fairtrade.net

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Examples of procedural standards for trade

• eCert

– UN/CEFACT Standard for sanitary and phyto-sanitary

export certificates to facilitate trade of agricultural

products

• Assures that the commodity has met the importing government

requirements

• Improves business processes for import clearance through

consistent quality data

• Facilitates real time clearance, e.g. through early shipment

notifications

– In use with a number of countries (EU, US, CA)

– Fully paperless by end 2014

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Examples of procedural standards for trade

• eCustoms– Main goals

• control and facilitate the movement of goods into and out of the internal market through efficient import and export procedures;

• increase the competitiveness of European trade through a reduction of compliance and administrative costs and an improvement in clearance times;

• facilitate legitimate trade through a coordinated approach relating to the control of goods;

• improve the safety and security of citizens with regard to dangerous and illicit goods;

• offer improved protection of the financial interests of the European Union and its Member States;

• contribute to the fight against international crime and terrorism by providing rapid and relevant information with regard to the international supply chain;

• allow for a seamless flow of data between the authorities of exporting and importing countries

– Project to be implemented by 2020

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Technical standards

Trade Facilitation Implementation Guide

Pre-requisite:

Unique identification of

- Traceable units (TU)

- Logistic units (LU)

- Locations

- Contractual relations

Data carrier standards

- 1D & 2D Barcodes

- RFIDs

tfig.unece.org/contents/intro-domain-ebs.htm

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The agenda – Day 3

• Recap of Day 2

• Standards

• Trace05 presentation

– Supporting smallholder farmers

– Looking ahead – Practical exercise 2

– Wrap-up

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Thank you for your attention!

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS: This presentation is based on materials prepared by Dr Heiner Lehr. The author would like

to acknowledge contributions by Francisco Blaha and Gwynne Foster, Xifrat Daten AG, FoodReg and Yakin IT Sdn

Bhd. Financial support from the European Commission for research projects is gratefully acknowledged. This deck

of presentations was made possible by SATNET and UN ESCAP and the author is very thankful for this opportunity.

DISCLAIMER: this presentation expresses the view of the presenter only. In particular, it does not express

necessarily the views of cited international bodies and firms.