Chapter 33

Food Safety Traceability

Yimin Wei

Yimin Wei

Institute of Food Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China

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Boli Guo

Boli Guo

Institute of Food Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China

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Hongyan Liu

Hongyan Liu

Institute of Food Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China

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Shuai Wei

Shuai Wei

Institute of Food Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China

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Jianrong Zhang

Jianrong Zhang

Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration, USA

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First published: 18 March 2017

Summary

A food traceability system has been recognized as an effective measure for food safety supervision and management, and it is an important tool to monitor the entire "farm to table" process, to ensure the fast recall of "problematic food", to reduce economic losses, and to improve consumer confidence. The Chinese government gives high priority to the development of a food safety traceability system. With global attention focusing on food safety and product identification technology, food origin traceability technology has been researched and applied to a variety of animal and plant products. Agricultural production in small-scale operations, dispersed cultivation, and diversification of sales channels are the main factors restricting food traceability system development. With larger agricultural production scales and speeds, and the rapid development of information technology, food traceability systems in China will embark on a new stage in 2020.

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