Research and Resources
Research and Resources
The GFTC works with industry, regulators, and NGOs to test and study product tracing practices in food supply chains. Learn more about how organizations can conduct effective product tracing investigations and implement traceability solutions.
GFTC collaborated with industry stakeholders to support the New Era of Smarter Food Safety through traceability pilots in leafy greens supply chains.
Seafood industry actors piloted the collection and communication of traceability data using GDST standards in Peruvian mahi mahi supply chains.
Global Dialogue on Seafood Traceability (GDST) >
The GFTC and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) organized the GDST in 2017 as an international, business-to-business platform to advance interoperable seafood traceability. The GDST brought together seafood supply chain stakeholders from around the world to create the first-ever, global industry standards for seafood traceability, released in 2020. The GFTC continues to support technical development and implementation of the GDST standards.
Learn more about our work with the GDST at traceability-dialogue.org
The IFT Traceability Library contains traceability Best Practice Guides, Journal Articles, White Papers, Case Studies and the latest news. Visit the Library.
Complete Guidance Document on the Best Practices in Food Traceability (PDF)
Collaborating Toward Interoperable Full-Chain Food Traceability (PDF)
Assessing the Value and Role of Seafood Traceability from an Entire Value-Chain Perspective (PDF)
Beta Implementations Test Seafood Traceability Standard at Scale