{"id":13966,"date":"2017-04-11T07:00:27","date_gmt":"2017-04-11T14:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projexia.ca\/?p=1722\/"},"modified":"2021-02-23T04:18:33","modified_gmt":"2021-02-23T04:18:33","slug":"food-traceability-secures-canadas-food-supply","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projexia.ca\/food-traceability-secures-canadas-food-supply\/","title":{"rendered":"Food Traceability Secures Canada’s Food Supply"},"content":{"rendered":"

Canada is serious about protecting its citizens from unsafe foods. The federal government is asking Canadians to offer their insights regarding new regulations about strengthening the safety of the country’s food supply<\/a>, including foods imported into Canada, sold across the country and prepared for export purposes.<\/p>\n

A major aspect of the proposed regulations includes tracking disparate food elements that enter the food system to assess them for health and safety risks, and removing them before they can sicken anyone. Known as “food traceability,” such a system would track each food item from its point of origin to its final destination. Nearly all companies within the food industry, including exporters and importers, will have to comply with traceability requirements.<\/p>\n

Do you have the tools in place to accurately track all of your food products through all stages of production, processing, and distribution?<\/p>\n

Adding complexity<\/h3>\n

Tracing the food sub-sets that enter the Canadian food system is a complex<\/a> endeavour. In both domestic and international food production industries, there are concerns for animal welfare, fair trade practices and authenticity of sourcing, as well as for food safety issues in general.<\/p>\n

Each year, an estimated 12 percent of the Canadian population is sickened by a food-borne illness<\/a>, which leads to thousands of hospitalizations and hundreds of deaths. The new “Safe Food for Canadians” Act will consolidate the 14 sets of existing rules into one and will focus on prevention through food safety controls and ensuring traceability of food products through the food supply chains to their source.<\/p>\n

Companies can comply using state-of-the-art technology<\/h3>\n

Companies that work within Canada’s food industry will be required to comply with the new regulations once the Act enters into force. For some food businesses, the complex data management required to trace every food item from origins to table might be a daunting prospect. However, a food supply chain is exactly like supply chains in other industries, and there are technologies designed to meet the very need that the traceability requirement presents.<\/p>\n

SAP Business ByDesign<\/a> Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system has provided international suppliers with the tools necessary to comply with a vast array of international rules and regulations.<\/p>\n