Food Traceability

Another FDA recall release caught my eye.

PEO Chapter FO Recalls Roasted Hazelnuts Because of Possible Health Risk

http://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/ucm197816.htm

This was another hazelnut product potentially contaminated with salmonella. What was interesting to me was the statement, ‘The roasted Hazelnuts were packaged in 1 lb. plastic bags and labeled “Hazelnuts, Roasted $7.00″. No other codes, expiration date, or UPC is found on the package.’

Obviously with this kind of labeling, traceability is virtually impossible. We need a consistent, simple, lot coding standard that all food products follow so we can truly identify lots of product that are suspected to cause harm and get them out of the food supply chain.

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