Tracking Traceability

The Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) has addressed food traceability for more than a decade. In 2008 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioned IFT to evaluate tracing systems and provide recommendations for a product-tracing system. In 2009 IFT provided its report, “Traceability (Product Tracing) in Food Systems: An IFT Report Submitted to the FDA,” which consisted of two documents, “Technical Aspects and Recommendations” and “Cost Considerations and Implications,” both of wh…