Outputs from Traceability projects
presented by
Kieran Jordan
representing:
Traceability project outputs
• Actual outputs that benefit the consumer– Food and feed chains– Fish, Beef, Dairy, Water, etc.– Microbiological and chemical contaminants– Traceability
• Benefits for industry automatically benefit the consumer– Safer food– Fresher food– Cheaper food
GDH+ & AT+
Four sub-themes in outputs
• Improved detection methods for contaminants
• Risk Assessment
• Computer technology/Labelling improvements
• Additional consumer benefits
Improved detection methods
presented by
Kieran Jordan
representing:
The problem• Contaminant detection is an issue
for the manufacturer/producer – but it impacts on the consumer
• Current problem is that many contaminant detection methods are inadequate and expensive
• Traceability projects have addressed this problem and developed many improved detection methods
The solution
• Many projects have outputs in better detection methods– Salmonella, Norovirus, Listeria,
air sampler
• Anti-parasitic drug residues: simultaneous detection of 38 compounds
Risk Assessmentpresented by
Dr. Fergal Tansey
Project Manager - SigmaChain Project
School of Agriculture, Food Science and Veterinary Medicine
University College Dublin, Ireland
Risk Assessment Outputs
• A Stakeholder’s Guide: assessment of food chain vulnerability to contamination
• Decision support tools: assist producers to make informed decisions
• Quantitative hygienic control concept
Stakeholder’s Guide to risks• Case studies on 4 ‘high vulnerability’ products, representing three
major food chains:– drinking water - a rapid contamination chain – milk powder - a batch mixing chain – poultry meat - a long geographic chain – farmed salmon - a long geographic chain
• A Stakeholder’s Guide will allow users to assess food chain vulnerability to contamination and to prevent or minimize contamination at the weakest steps in the chain, producing a safer product for the consumer
• Helps to identify key detailed chain information on production and vulnerabilities and so form a link with early warning systems for the food industry.
BIOTRACER Decision Support ToolA model that supports reasoning and decision making under uncertainty
– quantitative risk analysis
•Complex high-tech user interface for domain modelling experts•Requires a high level of understanding of the mathematical models and the domain being model• Not appropriate for non-modellers
- A basic IT infrastructure for advanced mathematical models on the Internet using simple web forms
- Simple for any user
• Development of a software based model for Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment (QMRA) of cold chains
• Integration of the QMRA into a computer based Decision Support System (DSS) to enable informed decision making in the cold chain
Chill-On Decision Support Tool
ICT and Sensor Technology
presented by
Christian Colmer, CHILL-ON Projectttz Bremerhaven
eCHILL-ON smart label
Time Temperature Indicators (TTI)
Novel Smart Labels for the wireless transfer of temperature data together with
product/batch ID
Server
Reader / Data
storage
Global Information System
Advantage:
- Tracking of products during transport phase
- Displaying on maps geographically referenced information of products
Suggestion for the future:
- Calculation of CO2 Footprint
ID
WLANGSM
TRACECHILLServer
Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS)
• Used by companies to record quality control information
• Problem: No link to connect this information from one LIMS to another to enable traceability
• Solution: Development of a prototype model to link LIMS to traceability
Christian Colmer, CHILL-ON Project
ttz BremerhavenPhone: +49 (0) 471 4832 150
Fax: +49 (0) 471 4832 129Email: [email protected]
Fischkai 1 – 27572 Bremerhaven – Germany
Thank you for your attention
Additional Consumer-related Ouputs
presented by
Jeffrey SkibyDissemination Coordinator, BIOTRACER,
Technical University of Denmark
Is my hamburger ’safe’?
• Focus-group discussions and survey on beef safety conducted by ProSafeBeef
– What is ’safe beef’?– Who is responsible?– Who do you trust?
Can I get a ’slushie’ with my fish?
• Bubble SlurryTM ice developedthrough CHILL-ON– Fast and efficient cooling
of just-caught fish– Ice completely
encompasses the product, without air pockets
Is my French wine really from France?
• Food mapping developed by TRACE– Worldwide network of scientists collecting
geological and climatic information– Product can be tested to prove it comes from
a specific region
Don’t trace only the packaging, trace the food inside!
• TRACEBACK new food-chain traceability system– Ensures safety and quality of
foods from raw material to sale
– Combines software and sensors