- Complete Guidance Document on the Best Practices in Food Traceability
- Bakery Traceability Best Practices
- Meat & Poultry Traceability Best Practices
- Processed Food Traceability Best Practices
- Produce Supply Chain Traceability Best Practices
- Seafood Traceability Best Practices
- Dairy Traceability Best Practices
Issue Briefs & White Papers
- Food Traceability: Current Status and Future Opportunities Issue Paper
Investigates and discusses the development and use of various technologies and infrastructures to enable the traceability of food products, as well as the history of such platforms, ongoing U.S. food traceability regulatory initiatives, and the likelihood of commercial scale deployment. (2023, PDF) - The FDA’s Food Traceability Rule Moves Industry Beyond “One-Up, One-Down” Traceability for Certain Foods
Finalized in November 2022, the new rule will enhance the speed and accuracy of tracebacks to prevent lengthy, broad-scope recalls by advancing industry’s adoption of IFT-recommended, events-based traceability best practices. (2023, PDF) - Towards Traceable Flour: Digitizing the Grains & Cereals Supply Chain White Paper
- Proposed mapping of the traceability framework to the grains and cereals supply chain, which can exploit technologies that have recently emerged and are commercially available. (2019, PDF)
- Specifications to Implement a Technology Architecture for Enabling Interoperable Food Traceability
30+ page document presents the detailed concept for an interoperable traceability technology architecture that will allow implementation of interoperable food traceability practices on a global scale. (2017, PDF) - Project to Develop an Interoperable Seafood Traceability Technology Architecture Issue Brief
Discusses determinants that are important to the collection, management, and sharing of traceability-related data and information in firms, along supply chains, and across industries. (2016, PDF)
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
- Collaborating Toward Interoperable Full-Chain Food Traceability (2017, JFS Special Supplement, Open Access)
- Assessing the Value and Role of Seafood Traceability from an Entire Value-Chain Perspective (2015, CRFSFS, PDF)
- Comparison of Global Food Traceability Regulations and Requirements (2014, CRFSFS, PDF)
- Traceability (Product Tracing) in Food Systems: An IFT Report Submitted to the FDA, Volume 2: Cost Considerations and Implications (2010, CRFSFS, PDF)
- Traceability (Product Tracing) in Food Systems: An IFT Report Submitted to the FDA, Volume 1: Technical Aspects and Recommendations (2010, CRFSFS, PDF)
More from GFTC
- Overcoming Catch Data Collection Challenges and Traceability Implementation Barriers in a Sustainable, Small-Scale Fishery: MDPI Journal, Open Access, 2022
- IFT Leafy Green Traceability Pilots: Press Release, December 2020
- The Potential of Blockchain Technology Application in the Food System: IFT Food Fact, February 2018
IFT Traceability Articles & Blog Posts
Building a Sustainable Future Together
IFT President Peggy Poole reflects on sustainability initiatives and the circular food system, including research by Michigan State faculty member Eva Almenar and work by the Global Food Traceability Center.
Food Traceability Rule: Don’t Waste the Extension
In this column, the author provides seven tips on how food and ingredient companies can lay the groundwork for durable, efficient traceability systems and take advantage of FDA’s 30-month Food Traceability Rule compliance deadline extension.
Advancing Safety in the Seafood Supply Chain
Coordinated traceability, supported by IFT and international standards, is making seafood safer, more sustainable, and better regulated worldwide.
Getting Real With Pathogen Control
In this column, the author explores core pathogen contamination control approaches and highlights real-world case studies of their practical application.
Traceability Rule Delay Will Backfire If Industry Doesn't Step Up
This op-ed essay advocates for the food industry to step up the pace in implementing enhanced traceability systems, despite FDA’s proposed 30-month extension to the Food Traceability Rule.
How Digital Transformation Enhances Food Safety
In this column, the author provides an overview of the digital transformation tools available to help enhance food safety and the challenges that come with applying them.
Countdown to Compliance
With one year left to comply with the FDA's Food Traceability Rule, companies have made progress but still face challenges.
