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Technology in the food system: Tracking where YOUR food comes from.md

Technology in the food system: Tracking where YOUR food comes from.md

Background

  • Came from food system - most recently managed operations for small food manufacturer in Boulder

How food gets from farm to table

  • Ingredient production (agriculture)
  • Ingredient prep (processing of ingredients prior to combining pieces)
  • Ingredient processing (mixing and cooking of ingredients) - yields final product
  • Final product packaging
  • Distribution

traceability along the way

  • ingredients are given a identification(lot) number by the farm
  • manufacturing facilities have their own lot numbers that tie correspond to the lots given by the farm
  • distributors and groceries have lot info from manufacturers in the event of recall

Technologies in place for tracking a food from farm to table

  • GS1

Some new technologies that offer a better way to track food

  • Researching
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