- 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
Outsmarting Food System Fraudsters
Supply chain disruptions coupled with inflation and commodity shortages are creating new opportunities for food adulteration. Here’s a look at strategies and tactics for fighting back.
IFT Issues Report Featuring Key Traceability Insights
Our expert analysis of a 2021 FDA food traceability challenge shows promise for low-cost, tech-enabled solutions.
Can Food Brands Help Reverse Climate Change?
Despite the risk of greenwashing allegations, food companies are tackling multifaceted initiatives to shrink their carbon footprints. Will consumers get it, and how much does it really matter to them?
Progressive Produce Packaging
This column explores new advances in fresh produce packaging that can help fruit and vegetable processors develop strategies to meet new Food Safety Modernization Act traceability rules under Section 204.
Joan Rosen on Audits and Traceability
In this interview, produce safety expert Joan Rosen shares practical insights on the workings of the independent audit and how traceability can enhance its outcome.
IFT's New Traceability Video Series Helps Food Entities Navigate FDA Compliance
Eleven commodity-specific educational segments are now available to assist the food industry in understanding the agency's final rule and the steps they need to take next.
More on the FDA's Food Traceability Final Rule
In a new white paper, our experts examine the FDA’s Food Traceability Final Rule implications—and its novel concepts first proposed by IFT.
