An end-to-end system that tracks processing from raw materials through to packaging becomes an immensely important tool to ensure safety and consistency in a dairy processing facility.
Both retailers and consumers of dairy foods and beverages are increasingly aware of what traceability means. In this guest blog, an executive from Tetra Pak writes that the same process control system that aids in formulation control can also be used to establish traceability.
“This document can facilitate more balanced, effective, science-based, and cost-conscious policies," says the program director.
August 20, 2014
The Institute of Food Technologists' Global Food Traceability Center issued a guidance document on the best practices in food traceability. This document provides a comprehensive framework for six food industry sectors, including dairy.
The goal is to have 80% of the milk supply covered within a year. So far, 68% of the supply is covered.
July 6, 2014
Seventeen U.S. dairy processors, accounting for 68% of U.S. milk production, have committed to voluntary best practices for enhanced dairy traceability established by the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy,
The dairy industry sets an ambitious 80% commitment goal by next year. A dairy processor can implement the practices with paper and pencil in just a few minutes a day.
September 12, 2013
The Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy released voluntary best practices for enhanced dairy traceability. The practices were designed to increase global competitiveness, help satisfy future requirements of FSMA and quickly isolate products in the event of a safety issue.
Back in 1997, the National Conference on Interstate Milk Shipments began making the case for a voluntary dairy food safety program called HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points). This program remains an internationally accepted, science-based system for ensuring food safety controls. At the time, the Pasteurized Milk Ordinance was doing the heavy lifting on dairy safety.