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International Conference
TRACKING THE FUTURE
With the support of: Integrated Project
“INTEGRATED SYSTEM FOR A RELIABLE TRACEABILITY OF FOOD SUPPLY CHAINS”
TRACEBACK FP6-2005-FOOD-036300
www.traceback-ip.eu
10-11 November 2010
Centro Congressi Fondazione Cariplo Via Gian Domenico Romagnosi, 8
3 Montenapoleone or 1-3 Duomo
Milan, Italy
TRACEBACK Project partners: 1. Tecnoalimenti S.p.A. Consortile 2. AINIA – Asociaciòn de Investigaciòn
de la Industria Agroalimentaria 3. Atos Origin Sociedad anònima
espanola 4. Engineering Ingegneria Informatica
S.p.A. 5. University of Kent 6. ILIM – Institute of Logistics and
Warehousing 7. Swedish University of Agricultural
Sciences Faculty of Alnarp 8. University of Parma 9. CEMAT – Combined European
Management And Transportation S.p.A.
10. City University London – Centre for HCI Design
11. Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Chimica del Riconoscimento Molecolare
12. CONSUM Sociedad Cooperativa Valenciana
13. Institut für Agrar – und Stadtökologische Projekte an der Humboldt – Universität zu Berlin
14. Max Plank Society for the Advancement of Science represented by the Max Plank Institute for Polymer Research
15. MTT Agrifood Research Finland 16. Teagasc Agriculture & Food
development Authority 17. Selex Communications S.p.A. 18. SGS ICS Ibérica, S.A. 19. Federalimentare 20. Akdeniz University, Economic
Research Center on Mediterranean Countries
21. Scuola Superiore ISUFI, eBusiness Management Section, University of Lecce
22. Centiv GmbH 23. NSCE Ltd 24. KBS 25. Parmalat S.p.A 26. Technobiochip SCarl 27. Regionalna Wielkopolska Izba Rolno-
Przemyslowa In cooperation with: - Cargill S.r.l. - Div. Animal Nutrition - Azienda Venier s.s. Società Agricola - Trevilat - Winner supermercati - Dema car trasporti s.n.c. - Conalat - La Sala Viveros-Semilleros - Pascual Marketing, S.L.
Scientific Conference Committee: Prof. Hannu Korhonen – Agrifood Research Centre (FIN) Prof. Nelson Marmiroli – University of Parma (ITA) Prof. Neil Maiden – City University London (UK) Prof. Rolf Larsen – Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SWE) E. Dallaturca – Parmalat (ITA) L. Brugera Moreno - Consum Cooperativa Valenciana (ES) E. De Paoli – Tecnoalimenti (ITA)
Conference Secretariat: Traceback Coordination Team TECNOALIMENTI S.C.p.A. Raffaello Prugger– Marianna Faraldi [email protected] Via Gustavo Fara, 39 – 20124 Milan (Italy) Tel. +39 02 67077370 Fax. +39 02 67077405
Under the patronage of:
Ministero della Ricerca (required)
International Conference TRACKING THE FUTURE 10 – 11 November 2010
Centro Congressi Fondazione Cariplo Via Gian Domenico Romagnosi, 8, Milan (Italy)
NOVEMBER 10th, 2010 (morning)
Session 1 – Results of the TRACEBACK project
Objective of this session is to illustrate the results of TRACEBACK and to learn the opinion of the end users of the TRACEBACK results.
Programme
8.30 Registration 9:00 Welcome
Ugo Dozzio Cagnoni, Commissioner Fondazione Cariplo Demetrio Corno, President of Tecnoalimenti Ciaran Mangan, DG Research, European Commission Fabrizio Cobis, Authority of Operational Programme 'Research and
Competitiveness', Ministry of Research Ethel De Paoli, TRACEBACK Coordinator and CEO of Tecnoalimenti
9:45 Opening
Raffaello Prugger, TRACEBACK Coordination team, Tecnoalimenti: The innovative concept of TRACEBACK
10:00 Illustration of the results achieved by TRACEBACK project Key speakers:
Nelson Marmiroli, University of Parma – Quality and safety approach of TRACEBACK
Vito Morreale, Engineering Ingegneria Informatica – The novel traceability architecture of TRACEBACK and the pilot system for the dairy food chain
Francesc Rosines, ATOS Origin – The pilot system for the tomato food chain 11:30 Benefits to the food chain
Key speakers: Marian Garcia, University of Kent – Outcomes of the pilot system evaluation Evaristo Dallaturca, Parmalat, with supply chain players – Applying the pilot system
in the dairy food chain Miguel Molina, Consum Cooperativa Valenciana, with supply chain players –
Applying the pilot system in the fresh vegetable food chain Patrik Stolt, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and Ewa Marciniak, RWIRP
– Involving SMEs in traceability innovation
Questions and Answers
A) Summaries
Welcome
• Ugo Dozzio Cagnoni, Commisioner Fondazione Cariplo
Welcome of the host
• Demetrio Corno, President of Tecnoalimenti
Tecnoalimenti (TCA) is a non-profit research consortium, which generates projects for food industry. The aim of TCA is to support small and medium sized enterprises to develop systems such as traceability, which is essential for their future. Traceability is an important research area and improved solutions have been developed. However, in order to create a reliable traceability system, research must be conducted at European level. The planning of TRACEBACK started five years ago. The competition in food industry is globalizing and getting more severe. There is a growing need to respond not only by competitive pricing, but also with high quality, since new countries such as India and China have emerged to the markets.
• Ciaran Mangan, DG Research, European Commission
TRACEBACK project is one of the European Commission’s traceability projects funded by FP 6, thematic priority 5, Food Quality and Safety. In total 16 traceability projects have been financed by 135 M €, being an important field of research in this TP. The annual reports of the large projects have been reviewed by external experts, who have given positive appraisal about TRACEBACK. A conference “What’s for dinner?” to showcase and debate the application of FP6 EC funded research to improve food safety, quality and security, will be organized in Brussels in March 2011. In addition, a scientific book on traceability will be published.
• Fabrizio Cobis, Authority of Operational Programme ‘Research and Competitiveness’, Ministry of Research
The funding of national research in Italy was discussed. The companies should be supported by society to establish networks to yield “know how” and also “know where”. The financing should be targeted for larger research entities in order to constitute a sufficiently critical mass.
• Ethel De Paoli, TRACEBACK Coordinator and CEO of Tecnoalimenti
TCA has for 30 years produced research for industry. Like other projects, TRACEBACK has been very pragmatic. An example about the previous projects is an improvement of product quality by changing the method of transport. Projects like this have paved the way for TRACEBACK.
Opening
• Raffaello Prugger, TRACEBACK Coordination Team, Tecnoalimenti
The innovative concept of TRACEBACK The TRACEBACK-project was based on the fact that the food chains are complicated and multinational, and involve both economic and added values. The quality of food products may easily be impaired. In TRACEBACK, the quality is followed along the food chain and linked to the product identification through internet. The solution must be flexible and applicable, and it must be able to communicate with the existing systems. The communication and sharing of information throughout the whole chain benefits all players. The prototype was tested and validated successfully in feed-dairy and tomato chains.
Illustration of the results achieved by TRACEBACK project • Nelson Marmiroli, University of Parma
Quality and safety approach of TRACEBACK It is extremely important to verify the quality and safety of food and feed among the whole supply chain with objective devices; this kind of analysis provides analytical and objective information to the companies and to the consumers about the quality and safety of the food. TRACEBACK increased the availability of analytical technologies to assess continuously the food and quality of the food. This technology is precise, sensitive and can be applied in line, on line and off line and it is not expansive. The sensors and devices exploited in TRACEBACK are also able, in some cases, to communicate directly with the ICT infrastructure so that the analytical information is immediately available to the food companies.
• Vito Morreale, Engineering Ingegneria Informatica S.p.A.
The novel traceability architecture of TRACEBACK and the pilot system for the dairy food chain Starting from a Reference Model, in TARCEBACK we developed a Reference Architecture for Traceability Information System (RATIS): that is a specification of services useful for traceability and how these services should interact each other to provide a supply chain traceability information system: the focus of our work is not a single company but all the supply chain, from the raw material producers to the retailer. The service oriented approach guarantee the needed interoperability among different players and the availability of the information among the whole supply chain. Reusability and flexibility are key concepts for the proposed reference architecture and we demonstrated these features in two real supply chain: We also developed a concrete traceability information system for the Parmalat supply chain and applied it in a real context.
• Francesc Rosines, Atos Origin S.A.
The pilot system for the tomato food chain He presented the tomato pilot test (see the power point presentation)
Benefits to the food chain
• Hannu Korhonen, MTT
Outcomes of the pilot system evaluation Business evaluation aimed at identifying financial benefits for the companies involved in the pilot testing with the adoption of the provided solution. A detailed questionnaire has been submitted to each involved companies to evaluate their impression about the adoption of the new developed system. According to the specific functionalities provided to each player trough the developed system we collect different impression and different comments about the adoption of the system. Companies in general perceives TRACEBACK as a good platform to integrate different systems in a supply chain perspective; for example in case of recall the TRACEBACK solution is able to provide efficiently a complete history of the affected product.
• Evaristo Dallaturca, Parmalat
Applying the pilot system in the diary food chain Parmalat joined the project because they liked the idea to make different systems form different players and devices for objective monitoring interacting in a supply chain integrated solution. Basic traceability is not enough for companies like Parmalat that considers product quality as an added value for its products. Thus the possibility to link quality parameters to each product is a good opportunity. This information can be useful to ensure the product quality to the final consumer but also to perform high level analysis that can improve the knowledge about the supply chain, including raw material providers and final customers.
• Miguel Molina, Consum Cooperativa Valenciana, with supply chain players
Applying the pilot system in the fresh vegetable food chain The TRACEBACK-solution was tested in tomato chain, which consisted of three players from seed nursery to the point of sale. The main benefits were: 1) Improvement of backward traceability and linkage of players to the whole food chain, 2) New electronic devices, Electronic nose (Technobiochip), Machine vision (AINIA), Spectrophotometer NIR (AINIA) and Temperature and humidity sensors (KBS), and their full integration to the TRACEBACK-system, 3) Improvements in test methods: Non destructive, rapid tests, which determine several parameters in one test, 4) Improved exchange of information about lot, quality and food safety. Future considerations: New methods are not familiar to producers and they need adaptation, utilization of predictive models and standardization of measurement scales. Conclusions: Objectives of TRACEBACK were achieved: Logistic management (e.g. lot number), reliable information for client (e.g. labeling), immediate location of lot when alerted and collaboration with suppliers were improved.
• Patrik Stolt, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and Ewa Marciniak, RWIRP
Involving SMEs in traceability innovation TRACEBACK industrial platform (TIP) exchanged knowledge and innovations at two levels, international and regional (RIP), the latter being focused on smaller local problems. Regional projects were established in six countries: Italy, Poland, Egypt, Spain, Sweden and Turkey. In Poland a successful conference was organized for SMEs. The three Polish RIP projects were targeted at improving traceability and quality in food and cosmetic industry and tomato production. To continue responding the needs of SMEs, the organization of RIPs needs to be improved. Future challenges of RIPs are the stimulation of local and regional networks and initiatives, and collaboration between SMEs, academy, industry and organizations internally/externally in EU. In addition, innovations need support for piloting.
B) Presentations Index Speaker Presentation
Welcome
Ugo Dozzio Cagnoni, Fondazione Cariplo
Demetrio Corno, President of Tecnoalimenti
Ciaran Mangan, DG Research, European Commission
Fabrizio Cobis, Authority of Operational Programme 'Research and Competitiveness', Ministry of Research
Ethel De Paoli, TRACEBACK Coordinator and CEO of Tecnoalimenti
Opening
Raffaello Prugger, TRACEBACK Coordination team
Illustration of the results achieved by TRACEBACK project
Nelson Marmiroli, University of Parma
Vito Morreale, Engineering Ingegneria Informatica
Francesc Rosines, ATOS Origin
Benefits to the food chain
Hannu Korhonen, MTT
Evaristo Dallaturca, Parmalat
Miguel Molina, Consum Cooperativa Valenciana
Patrik Stolt, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and Ewa Marciniak, RWIRP
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THE FOOD QUALITY AND SAFETY PROGRAMME (2002-2006)
Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries, AquacultureDirectorate E: Biotechnologies, Agriculture and Food
Directorate General for Research
European Commission
Not legally binding
Sixth Framework ProgrammeResearch on Food Quality and Safety
(2002-2006)
Strengthening the foundations of ERA
Structuring the ERAResearch &Innovation
Training &Mobility
ResearchInfrastructures
Science & Society
Priority Thematic Areas
Life
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Anticipating S/T Needs
Scientific support to policies
New and emerging S/T needs
SME activities
International cooperation
JRC
Integrating European Research
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(Global budget European Community 17.883 M €)
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P5 Food Quality and SafetyP5 Food Quality and SafetyAreas Covered
• The whole food chain
• Epidemiology of food related diseases and genetic susceptibilities
• Impact of food on health
• Traceability processes (including GMOs)
• Methods of analysis/detection and control of chemical
contaminants and pathogenic microorganisms
• Safer production methods and healthier foodstuffs
• Impact of Animal feed on Human Health
• Environmental health risks
Not legally binding
Food Quality and Safety
Production Processing
Health and well-being
of Consumer
Safe, high-quality foods
Food intake
Environmental factors
Fork-to-Farm
Not legally binding
Number of funded
projects
Average funding
(million €)
Commission contribution (million €)
IP * 31 12 388
NoE 12 13 160
STREP 60 2,6 156
CA 7 1,1 9 37
SSA 72 0,63 38
Total 181 751
* Specific INCO top up call (closure date: 16/05/2006; budget: 2.5 million€ )
TP5 OUTCOME
3500 partcipants
Not legally binding
• The First comprehensive pan-European food information resource on the Internet
• New strategies for acrylamide reduction in heated foods• A European standardised skin prick test for allergens• A European Molecular epidemiology database• First pan-European collaboration of clinical nutrition
research results • GMO Coexistence farming models • Potential commercial developments for food traceability
systems• Examples of knowledge transfer and innovation in the
food processing industry.
TP5: SOME OF THE FIRST RESULTS
Not legally binding
WHY FUND TRACEABILITY RESEARCH?
• The requirement for traceability labelling and related analytical methods under European directives 258/97 on novel foods and ingredients publication of the general food law 178/02 regulation that entered into force in January 2005.
• Food safety and health crises encountered in the recent past (BSE, foot and mouth disease, Listeria, dioxin, growth hormone contaminated by Creutzfeld-Jacob prions, etc)
• Increasing demand for high quality food and feed products e.g products with protected designation of origin
• Gap between a regulatory demand and practical implementation, particularly for SMEs.
137,998,740116 projects
4315FP7 CP-FPFISHPOPTRACE
5.3312FP6 STREPBIOTOX
4.52.911FP6 STREPSIGMACHAIN0,90,72FP6 SSAPETER
0.80.67FP6 SSAGTIS CAP
0.420.35FP6 SSAOTAG
0.70.713FP6 SSAALCUEFOOD
121233FP6 NOEMONIQA
6315FP6 IPSEAFOODPLUS * (only traceability package)
191254FP6 IPCOEXTRA
141144FP6 IPPATHOGEN COMBAT
181141FP6 IPPROSAFEBEEF
151147FP6 IPBIOTRACER
151028FP6 IPTRACEBACK151024FP6 IPCHILLON
191250FP6 IPTRACE
TOTAL SPENDEU SPENDPARTNERSProgrammePROJECT
Not legally binding
Strategic objectives:• tthe development of a global traceability system, routinely applicable to all food
productions, that will assure food safety and quality through the extension of tracing and tracking information to food parameters
• to increase consumer confidence in the food supply by developing new technological solutions for ensuring a trustworthy linkage between product flow and information flow along the entire food chain
• to improve the competitiveness of the European food industries and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the food sector by defining a traceabilitysystem that represents the European response to food globalisation making possible to convert the wealth of peculiarities of European food production into market assets.
TRACEBACKIntegrated system for a reliable traceability of
food supply chains (IP)
34 participants from 13 countries (12 industrial partner)(Third country: Russia, Egypt)
EC contribution 9.74 M€
Not legally binding
TRACEBACK RESULTS:COMMENTS FROM EXTERNAL
REVIEWERS• The project is well managed and is on track. There are very few
delays, and those that have occurred are being addressed. • The leadership must be commended for their open approach, and
the fostering of inter-project collaboration; they have provided a suite of workshops/seminars (including e-delivery); and have successfully used flash meetings to ensure a high level of internal communication and direction.
• The project has the potential to contribute significantly to EU policy on food safety, and also to commercial needs, but this potential still needs to be realized.
• The project has developed some technical innovations addressing specific aspects of food chain traceability (notably in reference computer architecture and sensing technologies), and these developments may be commercially relevant in their own right, but also add to the holistic impact of the overall Traceback system. The uptake of these developments will depend on what lasting impact Traceback will be able to make after the project has finished, and a lot of thought and effort need to be expended in the final year to make sure that the results and outcome are not ignored or forgotten a few years hence.
Not legally binding
A BOOK ON TRACEABILITYCRC PRESS 2011
• Title: “Food integrity: A holistic approach to authenticity, originality, terroir (location),traceability, security and safety in food production chains.”
• The book provides the readers with the latest development of the science in food safety, quality and sustainability. Specifically, the book will focus on food authenticity, quality markers, origin of foods and feedstuffs, tracing and tracking microbial and chemicalcontaminations
www.traceback-ip.eu
TRACKING THE FUTURETRACCIARE IL FUTURO
With the support of TRACEBACK project:“Integrated system for a reliable traceability
of the entire food supply chains” Contract n° FP6-2005-FOOD-036300
Milano, 10-11 Novembre 2010
www.traceback-ip.eu
Origin of the idea
e-MENSA
FOODNET
TRACEBACK
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• Session 1 – This morning / MattinaThe results achieved by TRACEBACKI risultati del progetto TRACEBACK
• Session 2 - This afternoon / PomeriggioApproaches to traceability and food chain integrityApprocci alla tracciabilità e alla integrità della filiera
• Session 3 – Tomorrow morning / Domani mattinaNew technological research scenarioes for the future agrifoodchainsNuovi scenari di ricerca tecnologica per il futuro della filiera
Programme
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Session 1TRACEBACK
The results achievedI risultati raggiunti
TRACKING THE FUTURE 10 November 2010
www.traceback-ip.eu
The innovative concept of TRACEBACKUn nuovo approccio alla tracciabilità
Raffaello Prugger, TecnoalimentiChief Traceback Coordination Team
TRACKING THE FUTURE - 10 November 2010
www.traceback-ip.eu
FIFI
Integrated ProjectFP6 European Commission
Coordinated by Tecnoalimenti (IT)
TECNOALIMENTIScientific and Technological Research Organisation for the
Agro-Food Sector***
• Research and Innovation Pole for the agrofood industry• Non profit research organisation composed of 28 Agro-
Food related Industries and one financial institution as trustee of Research Ministerial funds. Industrial shareholders represent about 12% of Italian food sales.
• Established in 1981 under Act 1089/68 aimed at fosteringAgro-Food Industrial Research.
www.tecnoalimenti.com
TECNOALIMENTITECNOALIMENTIScientific and Technological Research Organisation for the
Agro-Food Sector***
• Research and Innovation Pole for the agrofood industry• Non profit research organisation composed of 28 Agro-
Food related Industries and one financial institution as trustee of Research Ministerial funds. Industrial shareholders represent about 12% of Italian food sales.
• Established in 1981 under Act 1089/68 aimed at fosteringAgro-Food Industrial Research.
www.tecnoalimenti.comwww.tecnoalimenti.com
What is TRACEBACK?
www.traceback-ip.eu
FIFI
Project partnership: 28 Participants
(51% enterprises)11 countries
Cost € 15.5 MillionEC Contribution € 9,5 Million
Duration 4 years: Jan 2007 – Dec 2010
TRACEBACK
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• Food chains are increasingly complexand global
• Non-material components add valueto food products
• Food undergoes biological processes> safety, security, quality
Why food traceability?
www.traceback-ip.eu
• To develop a traceability solution forthe entire food chain
• To go beyond mere identification by incorporating food safety and qualityparameters
• To ensure flexibility and compatibility
The objectives of TRACEBACK
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The results
• Prototypes of a “general solution” tofood chain traceability
• Tested on 2 real food chains:Feed dairy (IT) (Parmalat, Cargill, Venier, Trevilat,
Winner, Dema car, Conalat)Tomato (ES) (Consum, La Sala, Pascual Marketing)
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TRACEBACK “general solution”A general solution to food traceability that
consists of 2 inter-related components:• IT (RATIS
framework): umbrellasystem that inter-connects existing and novel traceabilitysystems and data alongthe food chain players
• Devices (and sensors): objectivemonitoring foracquiring productquality and safety data along the food chainand uploading them
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The IT componentThe TRACEBACK solution is an “umbrella system”.
• Allows to store, share and intercommunicate betweenplayers, devices and the internet.
• Is an operative system of the traceability systems: i.e. “Windows” – that fits to all supply chain players
• Is internet-based, flexible and at reduced cost
Keywords: RATIS, TRM, Interoperability, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Device Manager, Services, Legacy systems,
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The TRACEBACK solution can detect product and process data on food safety and quality and transfer them to the system.
• Allows to acquire product information over the entirefood chain (in addition to identification)
• Can objectively document product values along the food chain
Keywords: Sensors, DNA based biosensors, Lab-on-chips, E-nose, Machine vision, Surface plasmonresonance, Immunoarrays
The Devices component
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TSFeed supplier
TSDairy farm
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TSMilk transporters
TSDairy processor
KFP
PackagingMaterialssupplier TS
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RetailerLogisticPlatform
FoodServiceIndustryoperator
FinalCustomer
TSRetailer
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Other dairyproducts
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Internet
Courtesy of SLU
Services to traceability
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Pilots tested with success:- tomato food chain, across 3 players, CONSUM (ES)
- feed-dairy food chain, across 7 players, PARMALAT (IT)
The testing
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• The TRACEBACK concept is valid• An information flow that can demonstrate/document
the value of a food product• Moves the detection of the problem close to the
moment of its inception, avoiding additional expenses connected to the delay
• Spreads the cost of safety and quality control over the whole food chain
• Turns traceability from a social imposition into a market opportunity.
The results
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Detailed illustrations follow in Session 1
• The quality and safety approach• The system architecture• Illustration of the pilots (dairy and tomato)
After the coffee break• The results of the test and the opinion of the
food chain players who ran the test
QUALITY AND SAFETY APPROACH OF TRACEBACK
Nelson Marmiroli University of Parma
Is the primary requirement to be met before foods can be placed on the market. A variety of agents can compromise food safety, according to hazard analysis (HACCP) scheme: physical, biological, chemical hazards.
Is an added value in food marketing. A variety of factors contribute to establish quality: genetic origin of the raw matter (PDO/PGI), genetic identity of the plant or animal species utilized for food production, originality of treatment or processing procedure, nutritional value, the content in principles active beyond the normal nutritional components (antioxidants, anticancer molecules, immunomodulating molecules or micro‐organisms), identification with sociological or psychological issues. Quality more often is a prize‐premium for the producer.
QUALITY QUALITY
SAFETYSAFETY
•Growing plants or breeding animals aims not only at increasing yield but also at developing raw matters of particular nutritional value and of psico‐sensorial attractiveness. In doing this, the first value is the safety of raw matter produced. The quality of raw matter often coincides with the nutritional and healthy properties of the food obtained•In processing raw matter, the food producer aims at safety and quality almost coincidentally. During processing, food producers aim at the displacement of contaminant and of spoilage micro‐organisms or of unwanted molecules. At the same time, preserving the healthy, nutritional and sensorial properties of the raw matter, and potentiating it with new factors during processing, eventually.•Conservation and distribution are performed in a way that these safety and quality features of the foods are maintained even on a long time at long distance. Packaging, refrigeration, active packaging are all deployed during these phases.
QUALITY AND SAFETY ARE OFTEN RELATED IN FOOD PRODUCTION
QUALITY AND SAFETY ARE OFTEN RELATED IN FOOD PRODUCTION
•Both European (European Commission) and international Organisation (Codex Alimentarius Commission) are active in this field•Council regulation 882/2004: how to verify compliance with feed and food law (EC 178/2002)•Codex Alimentarius Commission: ISO/IEG Guide 25:1980 to quality ensurance laboratories, ISO Standard 2005.•In other Countries Regional measure: United Kingdom Accreditation in Sciences (UKAS), comply also with EN 45003•Internal Quality Control (IQC) procedures, cooperation •Proficiency testing: ISO‐IUPAC‐AOAC International Cooperation •European Committe for standardisation (CEN)
QUALITY AND SAFETY IN FOOD REGULATION: QUALITY
QUALITY AND SAFETY IN FOOD REGULATION: QUALITY
The EU White Paper on Food Safety and the General Food Law Regulation• From producers to consumers•Responsibilities for all stakeholders in the whole food chain•Risk analysis, decision on safety is based on a scientific evaluation of the risk•Communication of the risk must be observed in all cases•Application of the precautionary principle whenever a risk is possible•The creation of the European Food Safety Agency (EFSA) to provide independent scientific advice on all aspects related to food safety
Traceability of feed and food: when a risk is identified, the risk must be traced to its origin. Traceability of feed and food: when a risk is identified, the risk must be traced to its origin.
QUALITY AND SAFETY IN FOOD REGULATION: SAFETYQUALITY AND SAFETY IN FOOD REGULATION: SAFETY
Traceability in the food chain
AgriculturalproductionAgriculturalproduction
TransportTransport
Primarytransformation
Primarytransformation
TransportTransport
ProductionDistributionto Trade
(Internal toCompany)
TradeTrade
ConsumerConsumer
Upstream traceability Downstream traceabilityInternaltraceability
Cascade of responsibilities
Internal systems i.e.company
responsibility
• Paper traceability is required by laws but product labelling is based also on compositional informations
• In case of recalls or withdrawals of products, informations stored in papers may be not sufficient
• Consumers are more oriented to believe in science than in papers
• According to General Laws, risk analysis and decisions are based on scientific evaluation
THEREFORE
• Data from an objective monitoring of specific parameters performed at all stages with sensors and devices, automatically captured and stored, could be of great relevance to the food companies and consumers
• Empiric traceability may be especially valuable in the context of internal traceability
• Paper traceability is required by laws but product labelling is based also on compositional informations
• In case of recalls or withdrawals of products, informations stored in papers may be not sufficient
• Consumers are more oriented to believe in science than in papers
• According to General Laws, risk analysis and decisions are based on scientific evaluation
THEREFORE
• Data from an objective monitoring of specific parameters performed at all stages with sensors and devices, automatically captured and stored, could be of great relevance to the food companies and consumers
• Empiric traceability may be especially valuable in the context of internal traceability
TRACEBACK has considered the increasing need of availability ofanalytical technologies to assess the quality and safety of food
supply chain.
•These technologies may have these characteristics:
•To be sensitive: limit of detection (LOD)
•To be precise: limit of quantification (LOQ)
•Applicable “on line” and “at line”•Applicable in real time
•Not too much expensive with respect to the standard methodologies
•To have a good level of multiplexing (more simultaneous analyses, more kinds of analyses)
•To be provided of Artificial Intelligence (AI), allowing their addressing on integrated systems of evaluation
Three kinds of technologies have been considered for the food chains:
1. Already existing and adaptable without particular modifications
2. Already existing and adaptable with small modifications (adaptable technologies)
3. Already existing but adaptable with new protocols, new tools and devices (innovative technologies)
All types are endowed with Artificial Intelligence and connectivity
All types are endowed with Artificial Intelligence and connectivity
New devices Existing devices
Artificial intelligence and Software
Data Capture System - WP6
Test in pilot - WP7
RATIS - WP4
WP5
Sensors based on existing technologiesSensors based on existing technologies
• In food processing companies, these sensors can be applied along food chains for monitoring parameters like temperature, humidity, pH, position, tracks
• TRACEBACK has introduced a system of connectivity for these sensors to RATIS, the General Informatic Framwork generated within the project
Sensors based on adaptable technologiesSensors based on adaptable technologies
• Sensors developed within TRACEBACK aim at monitoring of several parameters:– Gases and volatile compounds
– Chemical and physical parameters
– Metabolites
Sensors based on innovative technologiesSensors based on innovative technologies
–Cells–Macromolecules
The TRACEBACK concept has been applied to two supply chains
TomatoTomato
Feed/Dairy Feed/Dairy
Heavy metals
Heavy metals
Nitrates, nitrites
Nitrates, nitrites
Pesticides
Salmonella
Salmonella
Salmonella
E. coli
E. coli
E. coli
Salmonella
V. cholerae
Shigella
Shigella
S. aureus, pyogenes
C. jejuni
C. jejuni
Listeria
ListeriaC. jejuni Listeria
Spore forming bacteria
Fungi, moulds
Protozoa
C. parvum
GMO
TOMATOTomato supply chain
Tomato supply chain
Heavy metals
Pesticide residuesCampylobacter
Fungi, moulds
GMO
GMO
Pesticides
Veterinary medicinal substances
Antinutrients
Antinutrients
Salmonella
Enterobacteriaceae
Staphylococcus and toxins
Mycobacterium tubercolosis
Yersinia enterocolitica
Brucella E. coli Listeria
Coxiella burnetii Shigella
Toxins and aflatoxins
Fungi, moulds
Toxins and aflatoxinsOther animal species
Salmonella
Salmonella
MILK
Feed/Dairy supply chain Feed/Dairy supply chain
MACHINE VISION OF FRESH TOMATO
ADAPTABLE TECHNOLOGIESSensors for shape, weight, colour
ADAPTABLE TECHNOLOGIESSensors for shape, weight, colour
ULTRASOUND APPLICATIONS FOR CHEESE DEFECTS
ADAPTABLE TECHNOLOGIESSensors for shape, weight, colour
ADAPTABLE TECHNOLOGIESSensors for shape, weight, colour
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Identification of defects in cheese texture
Identification of defects in cheese texture
ADAPTABLE TECHNOLOGIESGas sensors for small volatile molecules
ADAPTABLE TECHNOLOGIESGas sensors for small volatile molecules
Determination of organic volatile compounds for milk discriminationDetermination of organic volatile compounds for milk discrimination
• Four different sensing surfaces are stimulated by four differentsubstances, yielding a complex response which is a “signature” of a particular sample
• Artificial Intelligence through a learning process can identify the sample based on the comparison with a database of signatures
ADAPTABLE TECHNOLOGIESVolatile compounds
ADAPTABLE TECHNOLOGIESVolatile compounds
• Technobiochip’s LibraNOSE 2.1 and 3.0 use oscillating quartzes coated by polymeric films (the sensor). Polymer tends to adsorb some gases, and thus the sensor mass changes, resulting in a quartz oscillation frequency shift.
• Each sample has a recognisable signature profile, and similar samples can be grouped together, allowing identification of outsiders
Identification of tomato cultivars and ripening stage, types of milks, cheese ripening stage, ammonia in milk
Identification of tomato cultivars and ripening stage, types of milks, cheese ripening stage, ammonia in milk
INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIESSensors based on macromolecules
INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIESSensors based on macromolecules
Recognition of macromolecules in food samples offers new interesting possibilities, because:
• The reaction is very specific • The limit of detection can be low• The target can be identified, described an quantified
The sensors developed within TRACEBACK based on new technologies are for recognition of DNA and
protein using:
• PCR technologies • Chips and arrays • Surface Plasmon Resonance
Why DNA analysis • The DNA molecules is present in most of the biological
tissues, it is relatively stable to chemical and physical treatments whereas other molecules such as proteins are more labile during food processing
• DNA can be amplified by PCR, increasing the number to detectable levels. This provides sensitivity to the test decreasing LOD and LOQ
To perform DNA analysis in food there are two basic requirements:•Development of methods for efficient extraction and purification of DNA from food matrices
•Development of diagnostic markers for identification to DNA corresponding to ingredients, contaminants, unwanted materials
Buffalo milkBuffalo milk
Cow milkCow milk
50% cow milk+ 50% buffalo milk50% cow milk+ 50% buffalo milk
Discovery of frauds in milk
discrimination among milk samples derived from different animal species, and from plant species, with DNA analysis
Discovery of frauds in milk
discrimination among milk samples derived from different animal species, and from plant species, with DNA analysis
Innovative technologies for QUALITY
Soybean milkSoybean milk
Cow milk Cow milk
50% Cow milk+ 50% Soybean milk50% Cow milk+ 50% Soybean milk
Fresh tomatoFresh tomato PureePuree
ConcentrateConcentratePulpPulpPeeled Peeled Arrabbiata saucesArrabbiata sauces
S.Marzano peeledS.Marzano peeledPureePuree
Cultivar recognition in tomato and tomato products with DNA analysis It is important because of:-PDO certification-PGI certification -Allergens -Geographic origin -GMO presence
Innovative technologies for QUALITY
DNA analysis for detection and enumeration of contaminating and spoilage micro‐
organisms in milk and cheese
Innovative technologies for SAFETYInnovative technologies for SAFETY
Staphylococcus aureus Salmonella sppEscherichia coliShigella sppListeria monocytogenes Bacillus cereus Yersinia enterocoliticaVibrio spp Clostridium perfrigens
DR Chip platform : Semi-automatic systemquite cheap, not sophisticated instrumentation
DNA Extraction DNA Extraction from milk/cheesefrom milk/cheese
PCRPCR
Hybridization ovenHybridization ovenReading Colour developingdeveloping
Innovative technologies for SAFETYInnovative technologies for SAFETY
A: S aureus
B: L monocytogenesC: Universal bacterial probeD: Buffer
B DA C A: S aureus
B: L monocytogenesC: Universal bacterial probeD: Buffer
B DA C
Microcell hybridization : detection of S. aureus
Step towards Step towards the the realization realization of highof high--throughputthroughput, semi, semi--automated automated microdevices for microarray experimentsmicrodevices for microarray experiments
DETECTION OF MICROBIAL TOXINS WITH PROTEIN ANALYSIS
Innovative technologies for SAFETYInnovative technologies for SAFETY
Application of Long Range Surface Plasmon resonance (LRSP) to Immunoassay for Aflatoxin M1
Application of Long Range Surface Plasmon resonance (LRSP) to Immunoassay for Aflatoxin M1
• Calibration curve for the LRSP‐enhanced fluorescence spectroscopy‐based biosensor for the detection of AFM1 contained in a PBS buffer and milk standard mixed with a PBS buffer to 20 and 50 per cent. Measured curves fitted with a sigmoidal function.
Total time 35 min
Detection range 2-500 pg/mL
LOD less than 50pg/mL
Innovative technologies for SAFETY
Innovative technologies for SAFETY
All those information obtained, all devices and microdevices and their applications in industrial contents
were reported in Deliverables 5.1, 5.2 and 5.3
Example of technical description of a device (Machine Vision)
DESK 1 DESK 2
PILOTS 1 and 2Parmalat
Equipments
Videos on the pilot experiments have been shown, and more details will be mentioned in the following presentations
Pilot Feed/DairyDetection and enumeration of Salmonella in
feed
Contamination of aliquots of two feed lots (CARGILL) with Salmonella cells at known cfu Contamination of aliquots of two feed lots
(CARGILL) with Salmonella cells at known cfu
DNA extraction DNA extraction
Real Time PCRReal Time PCR
Pilot Milk analysis
Milk collection at farm (Venier) and storage in frozen until analysis execution
Milk collection at farm (Venier) and storage in frozen until analysis execution
DNA extraction DNA extraction
Detection of Staphylococcus aureus, Campylobacter jejuni and Listeria
monocytogenes
Detection of Staphylococcus aureus, Campylobacter jejuni and Listeria
monocytogenes
Real Time(UNIPR)
Microarray (CNR)
Analysis of1.raw samples2.Spiked with known amount of Staphylococcus aureus DNA
Pilot Tomato analysis
– 8 samples were taken from the 4 containers, and for each sample DNA extraction was performed
– DNA was analysed with PCR and capillary electrophoresis (SSR markers)
UNIPR has received from Pascual Marketing random samples of fruits of the Kumato variety in four containers
IS IT POSSIBLE TO FOUND OUT GENETIC INTRAVARIETAL
DIFFERENCES ?
IS IT POSSIBLE TO FOUND OUT GENETIC INTRAVARIETAL
DIFFERENCES ?
CONCLUSIONS ‐ SAFETY (1)• The primary goal in feed and food production, requires
traceability. Traceability is a cost, but lack of traceability can bring to a collapse in marketing and to need of analysis
Examples: dioxin in poultry meat in BelgiumMad cow disease
CONCLUSIONS ‐ SAFETY (2)
• Devices and microdevices can increase the efficacy of traceability at all levels, from farmhouses to supermarket shelves
• Consumers trust more analytical data than collection of papers
• Empiric traceability with analytical devices is also required by the General Food Law
• Industry will benefit from new analytical tools because they will reduce uncertainties and therefore recalls of foul products
CONCLUSIONS ‐ QUALITY
• Quality is becoming an essential parameter to distinguish between goods and products and to determine the price
• Industries are interested in quality because this can bring to “brands” and therefore increase competitiveness and marketpenetration
• Consumers are interested in quality because it is not only a psychological parameter but also corresponds to real nutritional claims in terms of health and safety
• Farmers are interested in quality bcause they can concentrate on particular farming procedures requiring less inputs and saving environment. Quality agriculture can be more sustainable, because of reduction in intensity
CONCLUSIONS
• Safety and quality altogether do not exhaust thefood traceability problems
• For instance, security issues are becoming increasingly relevant due to examples of intentional threats to our food supply chain
• Devices and microdevices can have a role to increase preparedness towards intentional and accidental threats (Chapter 4 of the upcoming book “Food chain integrity: a holistic approach to food traceability, safety, quality and authenticity”
Woodhead Publishing)
The novel traceability architecture of TRACEBACK and the pilot system for the Parmalat’s diary food chain
Vito MorrealeHead of Intelligent Systems Unit
Research & Development DepartmentENGINEERING [email protected]
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Outline
• TRACEBACK’s approach to traceability
• Reference Architecture for Traceability Information Systems (RATIS)
• Implementing traceability systems with and according to RATIS
• Parmalat’s Milk pilot system
TRACEBACK approach: towards food chain integrity
• Universal tracability systems for any product, any food chain and any company– are not existing– are difficult (if not impossible) to develop
• Most companies would like – Traceability + – Additional (valued-added) services developed on top of it (e.g.
management of food quality and safety, statistics, monitoring, certificates, etc.)
– Possibility to change (e.g. systems, providers, technologies, processes, products, …) without changing too much
– Not to pay a lot
NO
Our approach
Reference ArchitectureProblem domain: what elements/ideas we are talking about
Abstract solution: how things should work/be
Concrete solution: how things actually work
Toolset for building concrete architectures
Abstract
Concrete
GeneralDomain-oriented
SpecificSituation-oriented
TBK system
RATIS• The Reference Architecture for Traceability
Information Systems (RATIS) aims at providing a specification for collaborative and distributed service-oriented traceability information systems supporting:– creation, acquisition, and recording of relevant
traceability data along the entire supply chain;– storage of traceability data in distributed and
(semantically) interoperating repositories;– semantically-sound sharing of traceability information– exploitation, browsing and querying of traceability
information
Metaphor: Lego• Definition of shape and interlink of pieces
– Shape: functionality– Interlink: interfaces
• A set of ready-to-use pieces conform to the specification
• Third-party pieces: a set of external pieces (ready to use or to be conformed to the specification)
• TISs: objects built with – the pieces available within the framework + – third party pieces +– some other new pieces built for the purposes of a TIS
RATISRATIS
RATIS FrameworkRATIS Framework
Actual Traceability Systems
Actual Traceability Systems
RATIS-based TISs
RATIS servicesRATIS
services
Dispatch & Reception of pallets
(proof-of-concept)
Reception of raw milk &Dispatch of pallets of milk(Parmalat - Albano)
Transport of raw milk(transporter 1)Dispatch of raw milk
(Venier)
Transport of pallets of milk(transporter 2)
Reception of pallets of milk(Trevilat- Albano)
Registration of
devices
Registration of quality
parameters along the
supply chains
Tracking and Tracing
From RATIS to application services for pilotsFrom RATIS to application services for pilots
From RATIS to application services for pilotsFrom RATIS to application services for pilots
From RATIS to application services for pilotsFrom RATIS to application services for pilots
Architecture of RATISArchitecture of RATIS
• 27 Business Services
• 13 Traceability Events
• 17 Logical Services • 44 operations
• 10 Web Services• 100+ operations
RATIS Business Service: example
Traceability Events
• Internal Events– Storage Event– Movement Event– Destruction Event– Transformation Events
• Production Event• Splitting Event• Aggregation Event• Grouping Event• Mixing Event• Packing Event• Repacking Event
• External Events– Despatch Event– Receive Event– Transport Event
RATIS Dispatch Event Model
RATIS Logical Services: example
RATIS Technological Suite
• RATIS specifications have a reference implementation: the RATIS Framework
• RATIS Technological Suite: intended to be used by software and service developers, system integrators and service providers who to implement traceability systems and services.
RATIS Framework
RATIS WikiRATIS Wiki
Levels of conformance to RATISLevels of conformance to RATIS
• Within the scope of RATIS– having requirements for traceability that can be
fulfilled by the services included in the RATIS BSS
• Compatible with RATIS– able to provide/use the RATIS services defined
into the LSS, simply by “composing” existing services (regardless their implementation and technology)
• Compliant to RATIS– fulfilling the LSS: to be able to provide (and use)
those logical services (regardless their actual implementation and the way they interact with other services) Mapping services can help
• Ready for RATIS Web Services– “ready” to be used by or use other “ready” Web
services (including the ones within the RATIS Framework) without any adaptation
How to implement traceability systems with RATIS?
• The goal: RATIS-based traceability systems• The means: Service integration (and development)• The provider of traceability system and/or services is a
“system and services integrator”– Provides the “right solution” according to
• Real and specific needs (traceability analysts may aid in that)• Technological analysis• Existing systems (if any, they need integration, no
replacement)• Services made available in the Network by SW service-
providers• New services developed by software and service developers
• Product: Blu Premium• Category: fresh milk (shelf life: 15 days)• Producer: Parmalat• Location: Albano (Bergamo), North of Italy• Pilot:
– Involved parties: 8– Scope: both external and internal traceability only from feed
producers to retailers – Usage of both existing and new devices– Integration with current procedures … plus some innovations – Both acquisition and exploitation of information
Feed dairy pilot in a nutshellFeed dairy pilot in a nutshell
Supply chainSupply chainPilot 1
• Software-as-a-Service: only a browser is required (optimized for )
• Rich user interfaces (Google Web Toolkit)• Fulfilling specific requirements of players by means of a
general reference architecture– “Round” “Lot” of raw milk– Sale of fresh milk– …
• Personal mobile devices supporting mobility of people
• Integration with external services (e.g. )
General features of pilot application servicesGeneral features of pilot application services
RATIS servicesRATIS
services
RATIS Application ServicesRATIS Application Services• Material Flow
– Feed expedition – Feed reception – Feed processing – Raw milk expedition – Raw milk transport – Round reception – Raw milk processing – Pallets expedition– Pallets transport – Pallets reception – Product reception
• Quality Analysis– Feed quality analysis – Raw milk quality analysis – Round quality analysis
• Tracing & Tracking– Tracking (downstream)– Tracing (upstream)– Certification management – Delivery management – Traceability Event retrieval – GPS position viewer – Transport condition
management
• Configuration– Food player management – User management– Profiles management – Supply chain configuration – Quality requirements management
• Alerting– Plan management – Alert reporting – Action management
RATIS Application ServicesRATIS Application Services
RATIS Application ServicesRATIS Application Services
RATIS Application ServicesRATIS Application Services
RATIS Application ServicesRATIS Application Services
RATIS Application ServicesRATIS Application Services
RATIS Application ServicesRATIS Application Services
RATIS Application ServicesRATIS Application Services
Devices for the pilotDevices for the pilot
Devices: integrationDevices: integration
Gas sensorElectronic nose
• Duration: – 1st pilot: two weeks– 2nd pilot: 3 weeks
• Frequency: every day
Pilots - ExecutionPilots - Execution
To conclude: key elements of TBK/RATIS
• Not yet another traceability system• Service-orientation• Developing traceability systems by service integration• Reusability• Flexibility: to change/adapt the configuration and
behavior of services– by replacing old services with new ones– by choosing where to install and deploy services
• Composition of (distributed) services• Web-based• Development kit• Experience and lessons learned
Thanks for your attention!!!
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Research & Development DepartmentENGINEERING [email protected]
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Final Conference
The pilot system for the tomato food chain
Francesc RosinésARI – Atos Research & Innovation
Atos Origin
TRACEBACKMilano, November 10th 2010
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Tomato chain pilot
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• La Sala is a plant nursery, developing small plants from seeds
La Sala
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Pascual
• …Processor and packer…
• Pascual is a tomato producer …
• …and transporter
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• Consum is a logistic platform…
• …transport…
Consum
• …and retailer
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Focus of pilot
TracebackTomato
pilot
TracebackTomato
pilot
Crisis management: alerts, recall/withdrawal
Crisis management: alerts, recall/withdrawal
Information flow: Internal and external traceability
Information flow: Internal and external traceability
Historic on life at any point of the food chain
Historic on life at any point of the food chain
Safety and quality controlSafety and quality control
Interoperabilityof legacy systemsInteroperability
of legacy systems
AIDC informationAIDC information
Services for external stakeholders
Services for external stakeholders
Sensors data collection, new and existing
Sensors data collection, new and existing
Pilot is done in real installations in the companies
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• Safety alert action plan:
Crisis management
SAFETYALERT
detected
Safety alert messagesSafety alert messages
Action
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• Quality alert action plan:
Crisis management
QUALITYALERT
detected
Safety alert messagesSafety alert messages
Action
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• The food player detects or is informed about a food safety incident
• The system identify the pallets/lots related, and warn involved food players in the food chain
• Each key personnel apply their company protocol• TBK send to Legacy Systems the consequent request to
block all affected stock still remaining in the warehouse
Crisis management
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Crisis management
Inform to other partners downstream and upstream
Follow normative regarding alerts and after-alert protocols
Inform other stakeholders. E.g., food safety authorities (simul.)
Inform to other clients regarding alert
Historical data and relations with past alerts
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Implementation details:• Each partner has and maintains different Traceability
systems or ERP. They are from different providers and has different characteristics and technologies
• TraceBack interoperates LS in both directions. In addition, each one uses its own ID
• Data is moved between companies in a transparent way, ensuring external traceability
• TraceBack is enhancing the interoperability betweendifferent modules and subsystems inside severalcompanies, contributing to internal traceability. Itincludes new mobile based applications
Implementation
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LS Side TBK Side
Middleware Layer
Adapter
Comunications Layer
Data Mapping Layer
Legacy SystemsManager
Legacy Systems Specific
ImplementationLegacy System
Traceback Application
TBK Database
GUI
TBK DataAccess
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Adapter
Comunications Layer
Data Mapping Layer
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ImplementationLegacy System
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TBK Database
GUI
TBK DataAccess
EVENTS MONITORED
Middleware Layer
Adapter
Comunications Layer
Data Mapping Layer
Legacy SystemsManager
Legacy Systems Specific
ImplementationLegacy System
Traceback Application
TBK Database
GUI
TBK DataAccess
RESPONSE: EVENTS REQUESTED
REQUEST INFORMATION
REQUEST
RESPONSE
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LS Implementation
Time to complete implementation in companies:between 4 and 8 weeks
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• Devices included in the pilot are:– SELEX Gas sensor– KBS Temperature device +
RFID– AINIA electronic nose– AINIA machine vision– Technobiochip electronic nose
• Parameters controlled– CO2 and O2– Contaminant fungi– Origin– Maturity– Aspect and defects– Ethylene
Devices
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Advantages
Automated synchronized systems. LS to TBK and TBK to LS
Real time identification of products in same situation (for alerts)
Quality and safety data included in both internal/external traceability
Easy and fast to implement
No proprietary solutions. Companies works with its own systems
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I’m confuse......well...
...maybe I’m not
I’m confuse......well...
...maybe I’m not
Questions?
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Pilot System Evaluation
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Overview
• Business Evaluation – Objective– Results
• Summative Evaluation
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Business Evaluation of TRACEBACK Integrated Solution
Objective• To assess the potential business benefits of
TRACEBACK solutions to food companies
Activities where savings occur:
• Communication • Transcription • Collection
Operation costs of the food traceability
system: • Staff • Time • Data Accuracy
Application: Test Case
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Feed-Dairy Pilot
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Internal traceability External traceability
Integration of devices Integration of legacy systems
Reporting Configuration
Alert management Linking quality and food safety parameters fromdevices with pure traceability data
TRACEBACK Integrated Solutions TRACEBACK Integrated Solutions included in the Feedincluded in the Feed--Dairy PilotDairy Pilot
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Temperature Sensors (KBS): temperature acquisition during milk transportationMobile devices: GPS tracking and bar-code reader application for picking and delivery Real Time PCR (UNIPR) and Microarray (CNR): pathogen analyses on raw milk and Salmonella analysis in feed.
Devices and Technologies used in theDevices and Technologies used in theFeedFeed--Dairy PilotDairy Pilot
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Feed-Dairy Pilot: Results (I)
• Two pilot runs performed: 1st in September-October 20092nd in June-July 2010
• CARGILL: Feed ProducerNo integration with legacy system, hence the user perceived the impact to be limited.
• VENIER: Milk ProducerPartial integration with legacy system allowing better coordination with PARMALAT
Dispatch documentation was sent before the truck left for PARMALAT.
• CONALAT: Raw Milk TransporterUse the mobile device to register data about movement of milk – closer monitoring
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• PARMALAT ALBANO : Milk ProcessorSignificant value added re. tracing, product recall and products withdraw.
In the case of food recall/withdrawn: Better coordination with TREVILAT (one step forward) and VENIER (one step backward).
• DEMA-CAR: Pallet TransportMonitor the positioning of their vehicles.
Feed-Dairy Pilot: Results (II)
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• TREVILAT: WarehousePerceived the same savings and better integration with PARMALAT.
In case of food recall/withdrawal: Faster lot identification and a concrete action plan with PARMALAT.
• WINNER: Retailer• TRACEBACK offers potential benefits for products required by authorities to be traced inside the retail stores (like meat)
Feed-Dairy Pilot: Results (III)
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Feed-Dairy Pilot: Overall Comments
- Companies involved realized savings from TRACEBACK, especially regarding product recall/withdrawal applications.
- TRACEBACK solution can serve as a platform to integrate companies.
- From a chain perspective, TRACEBACK could deliver savings in the event of a food safety crisis: it is faster to reconstruct the history and the chain of information.
- Limited scope of test cases restricted evaluations with retailers and consumers
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Tomato Supply Chain Pilot
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Internal traceability External traceability
Integration of devices Integration with legacy systems
Alert management Configuration
Reporting Services for external stakeholders
TRACEBACK Integrated SolutionsTRACEBACK Integrated Solutionsincluded in the Tomato Pilotincluded in the Tomato Pilot
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Electronic Nose (AINIA, Technobiochip): for pattern recognitionMachine Vision (AINIA): for image analysis Spectrophotometer NIR (AINIA): for maturity analysisTemperature Sensors (KBS): temperature acquisition during transportationGenotyping platform (Automatic DNA sequencer) (UNIPR): to detect genetic composition of tomatoes for cultivar identification
Devices and Technologies used in theDevices and Technologies used in theTomato PilotTomato Pilot
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La Sala: Plant Nursery
• Delivery documentation is sent before the truck.• Pesticide and irrigation data is linked to the lot.• Faster tracking/tracing of lots. • Better coordination with Pascual Marketing.
Tomato Pilot: Results (I)
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Pascual Marketing• Tomato Producer/Packer
Delivery documentation is received before the truck arrivesPesticide and irrigation data is linked to the lotBetter coordination with La Sala
• Packing HouseDelivery documentation is sent before the truck leavesDevices allow non-destructive samples.Temperature is continuously registered during transportationBetter coordination with Consum
Tomato Pilot: Results (II)
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Consum• Logistic Platform
Devices allow non-destructive samples.Temperature is continuously registered during transportationQuality parameters linked to the lot.Better coordination with Pascual Marketing
• RetailerIn the case of food recall/withdrawal: Faster lot identification and easier coordination (concrete action plan).Better coordination with Pascual Marketing.
Tomato Pilot: Results (III)
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• Devices need to be faster, easier to adapt to more varieties or allow more than a single test at the time.
• Devices allow non destructive sampling. So, they can help to reduce garbage.
• Quality parameters can be linked to the lot. • Benefits depend on the current traceability level in place.• Move from a single player to the chain perspective.• In the case of food recall/withdrawal: Faster lot
identification and easier coordination (concrete action plan).
Tomato Pilot: Overall Impact
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Evaluate if TRACEBACK solution satisfies its high levels goals
• Objective Connections – enable the establishment of an objective connection between the product flow and the related information flow, along the food chain.
• Availability and reliability of information along the entire chain (Quality of connections) – improve the availability & reliability of traceability information along the entire food chain.
• Compatibility with Existing Technology (fit with legacy systems) – compatible with the technologies currently adopted by all actors in the agrifood chain including agricultural production, animal feed, transportation, manufacturing, handling & distribution.
Summative Evaluation - Objectives
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• All information travelled with product (lot)• Quality and traceability data linked• Targeted recall undertaken successfully• Successful withdrawal process• Real time traceability achieved• Identification of cause of problem improved• Results from analysis recorded successfully• Reliable traceability and quality info obtained• Traceability info retrieval improved• Efficiency of processes increased• TBK fits with legacy systems and processes• Alerting system certifiable
Summative Evaluation – Soft GoalsThe following soft goals were prioritised by project partners:
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Summative Evaluation – Goals frameworkThe soft goals were associated with the relevant objective
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Preliminary findings from exit interviewswith food playersTRACEBACK objective Soft goal Did TRACEBACK contribute
to the achievement of this soft goal?
Objective connections between product and info flow
All information travelled with product (lot)
Yes
Targeted recall undertaken successfully
Yes
Successful withdrawal process Yes
Availability, reliability of traceability info along whole chain
Identification of cause of problem improved
To some extent ~ 50%
Real time traceability achieved Yes
Results from analysis recorded successfully
To some extent ~ 50%
Reliable traceability and quality info obtained
To some extent ~ 85%
Traceability info retrieval improved Yes
Compatibility with technology currently used by food players
Efficiency of processes increased To a minor extent ~ 33%
TBK fits with legacy systems and processes
To some extent ~ 85%
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International ConferenceTRACKING THE FUTURE
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TRACEBACK FINAL CONFERENCE MILANONovember the 10th 2010
Applying the pilot system in the dairy food chain
Evaristo DallaturcaQuallity Assurance Manager
Parmalat S.p.A. Italiy
Applying the pilot system in the dairy food chain
Evaristo DallaturcaQuallity Assurance Manager
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TRACEBACK: THE BASE IDEATRACEBACK: THE BASE IDEA
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ADVANCED TRACEABILITY:Moving on the same highway product genealogy information and quality attributes through connections with innovative (and standard) detectors for quality relevant parameters and letting those information available for everybody who needs them, from raw material producers to end consumer.
ADVANCED TRACEABILITY:Moving on the same highway product genealogy information and quality attributes through connections with innovative (and standard) detectors for quality relevant parameters and letting those information available for everybody who needs them, from raw material producers to end consumer.
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For branded products “regular traceability” is not enough:
•It’s a law requirement (EC Regulation 178/2002, the “food law”)
•It guarantees food safety (when a major food safety issue occurs)
•It is mainly a Health Authority tool, even if handled by Food
Business Operator
•It is used to set “side goals” like food origin
•It in not intended for overall quality purposes
•It does not give any further information about quality attributes
For branded products “regular traceability” is not enough:
•It’s a law requirement (EC Regulation 178/2002, the “food law”)
•It guarantees food safety (when a major food safety issue occurs)
•It is mainly a Health Authority tool, even if handled by Food
Business Operator
•It is used to set “side goals” like food origin
•It in not intended for overall quality purposes
•It does not give any further information about quality attributes
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Brand Companies (not necessarily large Companies) need to meet their consumer trust, giving them not only a nutritional, hygienically safe valuable product, but also the pool of information that is useful to feel comfortable in consuming it.
Brand Companies (not necessarily large Companies) need to meet their consumer trust, giving them not only a nutritional, hygienically safe valuable product, but also the pool of information that is useful to feel comfortable in consuming it.
Today the consumer needs to feel comfortable giving food to his child and to himself.
Food related scandals rose in the near past •on one side leaded to new EC food policy and regulations (White Paper, EC reg 178/02 and related laws)•on the other side increased the food safety demand from citizens, and generally increased the overall quality demand
Today the consumer needs to feel comfortable giving food to his child and to himself.
Food related scandals rose in the near past •on one side leaded to new EC food policy and regulations (White Paper, EC reg 178/02 and related laws)•on the other side increased the food safety demand from citizens, and generally increased the overall quality demand
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Knowing ORIGIN is not everything.
A couple of examples….
Knowing ORIGIN is not everything.
A couple of examples….
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ADVANCED TRACEABILITY
Is a useful and important tool (not the only one, of course) to allow information to be provided, giving a new and more deeper significance to traceability, upgrading genealogy data to quality and safety data.
This may be transformed in a competitive advantage for brands, in a serious approach to dependable and REALLY USEFUL information forconsumer
The advanced traceability Traceback project will also provide a useful tool to the company to keep better under control the product life cycle, from raw material to distribution , making easier to track quality information along the whole chain. This translates in anincrease of quality and safety content of the product itself.
ADVANCED TRACEABILITY
Is a useful and important tool (not the only one, of course) to allow information to be provided, giving a new and more deeper significance to traceability, upgrading genealogy data to quality and safety data.
This may be transformed in a competitive advantage for brands, in a serious approach to dependable and REALLY USEFUL information forconsumer
The advanced traceability Traceback project will also provide a useful tool to the company to keep better under control the product life cycle, from raw material to distribution , making easier to track quality information along the whole chain. This translates in anincrease of quality and safety content of the product itself.
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The consumer must also be granted a early intervention, especially in case of health risk.
All F.B.O. must
•Guarantee very short time response and intervention time.
•Provide complete and accurate information in order to
•Support management decisions
•Ensure adequate delineation of the problems
•Ensuring the effectiveness of recall
The consumer must also be granted a early intervention, especially in case of health risk.
All F.B.O. must
•Guarantee very short time response and intervention time.
•Provide complete and accurate information in order to
•Support management decisions
•Ensure adequate delineation of the problems
•Ensuring the effectiveness of recall
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TRACEABILITY 'itself is not therefore an absolute value if the systems are not effectively linked and if they do not convey useful information.
“Usefulness” and “precocity” are closely linked concepts.
Information can be used properly if the system receives data as close as possible to the phase that has generated it.
Examples
•Descriptive characteristics related to the batch production of feed, raw milk, processed milk, the packaged product (relatively trivial).
•Analytical characteristics, nutritional, food safety (integration of sensor systems, non-trivial)
TRACEABILITY 'itself is not therefore an absolute value if the systems are not effectively linked and if they do not convey useful information.
“Usefulness” and “precocity” are closely linked concepts.
Information can be used properly if the system receives data as close as possible to the phase that has generated it.
Examples
•Descriptive characteristics related to the batch production of feed, raw milk, processed milk, the packaged product (relatively trivial).
•Analytical characteristics, nutritional, food safety (integration of sensor systems, non-trivial)
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Analytical information: the added value of the sensors
Through the connection with sensors or analytical systems will be possible to
1. Hook analytical information that can accompany the product during the production cycle.
2. Increase the level of prevention in the system by moving the genesis of the analytical data to the step where the phenomenon that it describes occurs (eg: antibiotics at farm level mycotoxins on feed, after heat treatment microbial recontamination, etc.).
3. Increase accountability of all F.B.O.s dealing with their relevant part
4. Spread the cost of control on the whole chain
Analytical information: the added value of the sensors
Through the connection with sensors or analytical systems will be possible to
1. Hook analytical information that can accompany the product during the production cycle.
2. Increase the level of prevention in the system by moving the genesis of the analytical data to the step where the phenomenon that it describes occurs (eg: antibiotics at farm level mycotoxins on feed, after heat treatment microbial recontamination, etc.).
3. Increase accountability of all F.B.O.s dealing with their relevant part
4. Spread the cost of control on the whole chain
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Applying an advanced traceability system to the dairy food chainhelps to
•Ensure the safety of the consumer (a priority)•Increase in the level of consumer awareness about quality of thechosen product.
This will constitute a true advantage for brand names. adding value to the product.
This is not to invent "swindles" to be printed on the packaging or providing useless information or even misleading.
These provide a real service, whose value depends mainly on the level of acculturation of the consumer, its ability to discriminate the real risks from hysteria, etc.
Applying an advanced traceability system to the dairy food chainhelps to
•Ensure the safety of the consumer (a priority)•Increase in the level of consumer awareness about quality of thechosen product.
This will constitute a true advantage for brand names. adding value to the product.
This is not to invent "swindles" to be printed on the packaging or providing useless information or even misleading.
These provide a real service, whose value depends mainly on the level of acculturation of the consumer, its ability to discriminate the real risks from hysteria, etc.
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PILOT TESTING : IT CAN BE DONE!
The project content has been tested into the dairy food chain targeting upstram and downstream the production flow of an up-to date drinking milk product:
“Blu Premium” microfiltered pasteurized milk.
The product is obtained by raw milk collected in the surroundings of the production plant (Parmalat Albano S. Alessandro – BG – Italy) .
Milk is microfiltered, pasteurized and filled into blue (light barrier) PET bottles.
It requires cold storage and has 15 days shelf life
PILOT TESTING : IT CAN BE DONE!
The project content has been tested into the dairy food chain targeting upstram and downstream the production flow of an up-to date drinking milk product:
“Blu Premium” microfiltered pasteurized milk.
The product is obtained by raw milk collected in the surroundings of the production plant (Parmalat Albano S. Alessandro – BG – Italy) .
Milk is microfiltered, pasteurized and filled into blue (light barrier) PET bottles.
It requires cold storage and has 15 days shelf life
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PILOT TESTING
The choice of the product was done because it resumes a wide range of food production topics of the dairy field:
• High hygiene and nutritional quality raw milk
• A certain degree of process complexity
• Cold chain distribution requirement
• Longer shelf life than regular fresh milk (longer time on retailer shelf and into consumer fridge)
• Shorter shelf life than long life milk (faster market rotation)
PILOT TESTING
The choice of the product was done because it resumes a wide range of food production topics of the dairy field:
• High hygiene and nutritional quality raw milk
• A certain degree of process complexity
• Cold chain distribution requirement
• Longer shelf life than regular fresh milk (longer time on retailer shelf and into consumer fridge)
• Shorter shelf life than long life milk (faster market rotation)
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PILOT TESTING
All supply chain players were involved:
• Cargill as feed supplier
• Venier as raw milk producer
• Con.a.lat as raw milk hauler
• Parmalat Albano S. Alessandro as processing plant
• Demacar trasporti as finished product hauler
• Trevilat for distribution platform and transportation
• Winner as final retailer
PILOT TESTING
All supply chain players were involved:
• Cargill as feed supplier
• Venier as raw milk producer
• Con.a.lat as raw milk hauler
• Parmalat Albano S. Alessandro as processing plant
• Demacar trasporti as finished product hauler
• Trevilat for distribution platform and transportation
• Winner as final retailer
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PILOT TESTING EVALUATION
The pilot test deployment gave some useful information at the level of:
1. Traceability information from the feed producer ad from the farm.
2. Time saving for traceability information recovery
3. No need of several different company information systems queries to
obtain genealogy of the specific product.
4. “Smooth” information flow along the supply chain
5. Data collection from both innovative and traditional sensor or
instruments.
PILOT TESTING EVALUATION
The pilot test deployment gave some useful information at the level of:
1. Traceability information from the feed producer ad from the farm.
2. Time saving for traceability information recovery
3. No need of several different company information systems queries to
obtain genealogy of the specific product.
4. “Smooth” information flow along the supply chain
5. Data collection from both innovative and traditional sensor or
instruments.
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PILOT TESTINGTBK system application:
1. Highly improves data dependability
2. All information are better organized
3. Actual processes are not overloaded except for the time needed
for data entry. This part may be improved and strongly depends
by the existing tools that may be more or less updated and
easily connected to the information flow.
4. Supplier/costumer information exchange is easier.
5. Production lot, delivery information recording is easier.
6. Easier withdrawal / recall operation
PILOT TESTINGTBK system application:
1. Highly improves data dependability
2. All information are better organized
3. Actual processes are not overloaded except for the time needed
for data entry. This part may be improved and strongly depends
by the existing tools that may be more or less updated and
easily connected to the information flow.
4. Supplier/costumer information exchange is easier.
5. Production lot, delivery information recording is easier.
6. Easier withdrawal / recall operation
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CONCLUSIONS
Traceback project :
Supplies a strong tool for integrated food chain traceability solutions to food industry and dairy food chain
• Stimulates research for more and more innovative sensor to be applied and connected to keep the supply chain better under control
• Helps companies • to give really useful information to the costumer • to facilitate a conscious choice based on effective quality
determinants, • to increase citizen trust into the positive role of dairy
industry in delivering a genuine, safe, healthy and nutrient food.
CONCLUSIONS
Traceback project :
Supplies a strong tool for integrated food chain traceability solutions to food industry and dairy food chain
• Stimulates research for more and more innovative sensor to be applied and connected to keep the supply chain better under control
• Helps companies • to give really useful information to the costumer • to facilitate a conscious choice based on effective quality
determinants, • to increase citizen trust into the positive role of dairy
industry in delivering a genuine, safe, healthy and nutrient food.
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THANKS!
THANKS!
ApplyingApplying thethe PilotPilot SystemSystem in in thethe TomatoTomato FoodFood ChainChain
Milan, 10th November 2010
Miguel Molina Salinas Miguel Molina Salinas
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ApplicationApplication ofof thethe Electronic Electronic DevicesDevicesin in thethe TomatoTomato FoodFood ChainChain
The Valencian Cooperative CONSUM was born in 1975 and it is one of the main retailers in the Mediterranean area of Spain.In Spain, Consum is sixth in the commercial distribution ranking. We are a cooperative with more than 1.200.000 partners-customers and a staff ofalmost 10.000 workers (76,5 % women)Currently, we have nearly 600 supermarkets between Consum, Consum Basic andthe Charter franchises distributed throughout the Valencian Region, Catalonia, Murcia, Castilla-La Mancha, Aragon and Andalucia.In addition, we supply our points of sale from six Logistic Platforms located in: Silla, Quart de Poblet and Ribarroja in Valencian Region, El Prat de Llobregat and Sant Boi in Catalonia and Torres de Cotillas in Murcia.
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2.1. 2.1. MotivationMotivation
Exchanging knowledge with different EU countries.
Collaborating with different Technological Centers and Universities.
Extending the Traceability scope, including origin: “from farm tofork”.
Improving the exchange of information, not only Lot Number butother Quality and Food Safety Parameters.
R&D and investment Project. Developing a new Exchange Information System and Product Quality Control.
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Internal Traceability
- From the reception in the Logistic Platform to thePoint of Sale
External Traceability
- From the Supplier
Quality
Organization & Systems
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Purchasing
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TraceabilityCommittee
The system guarantees the Traceability of one lot from the Supplier to the Point of Sale
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PICKING POINT OF SALEDISPATCH
Integrated by several areas of the cooperative.2.2. 2.2. OurOur previousprevious TraceabilityTraceability SystemSystem
Utilization of the EAN128 labels complyingwith GS1 standards.
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CAJA PESO FIJO
EAN CAJA: 8456789000038 LOTE: 12345678
F. CADUCIDAD: 2 / 3 / 2006
EMPRESA
(01)08456789000038(10)12345678
BOX FIXED WEIGHT
EAN BOX : 8456789000038 LOT: 12345678
EXP. DATE: 10/11/2010
(01)08456789000038(10)12345678
COMPANY
PALET ESTANDAR PESO VARIABLE
EMPRESA
EAN PALET: 98456789000062 PESO NETO: 95.50 KG
F. CADUCIDAD: LOTE:
2 / 3 / 2006 12345678SSCC: 384567890000000091
(01)98456789000062(3102)009550(17)060302
(00)384567890000000091(10)12345678
PALLET STANDARD VARIABLE WEIGHT
COMPANY
EAN PALLET: 98456789000062 NET WEIGHT: 95.50 KG
EXP. DATE: LOT:
10/11/2010 12345678SSCC: 384567890000000091
(01)98456789000062(3102)009550(17)060302
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Extension of the traceability scope from the origin: “from farm to fork”.
An improvement in backward traceability, reaching origin (the system allows to monitor all the links involved in the food chain).
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The system guarantees the Traceability from the Seednursery to the Point of Sale
Improving the exchange of information, not only Lot Number butother Quality and Food Safety Parameters linked to this lot:
Tracing of information to the Seed Nursery (grafting, seedling, pesticides, etc.).Continued measurement of Temperature and Humidity duringtransport to Consum’s logistic platforms.Acquisition of Quality Parameters (ripeness, rottenness, defects, colour,…) after the recepcion in Consum`s logistic platforms by electronic means.
Seamless integration of Traceback with our Legacy Systems.
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Register and management of Quality Incidents and Food Safety Alerts: Search a certain lot of product in Traceback system related to theprocesses suffered along the food chain (pesticides, fertilizers, water, substrates used, etc.).Withdrawal and Product Recall due to Quality Incident or Food SafetyAlert detected in any stage of the food chain (Ex.: consumer poisoning).
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New electronic devices that allow the acquisition of Quality Parameters as:
Electronic Nose (Technobiochip): to manage the degree of ripeness andto detect rottennesses.Machine Vision (AINIA): to measure size, colour and detect defects.Spectrophotometer NIR (AINIA): to measure firmness, category andsugar contents.Temperature and Humidity Sensors (KBS): to determine thetemperature and humidity during transport.
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3.1. 3.1. DevicesDevices andand Technologies Technologies usedused
AplicationAplication ofof thethe electronicelectronic devicesdevicesin in thethe TomatoTomato FoodFood ChainChain
Full Integration of these devices in the Traceback Traceability System.
Non-destructive tests: possibility ofperforming higher number of samplingseliminating the wastage.Possibility of determining several QualityParameters in a single analysis.Fast gathering of measurements.Electronic register of Quality Parameterslinked to a certain lot number.Possibility of adjusting the devices in a continuous process line.
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3.2. 3.2. AdvantagesAdvantages vsvs traditionaltraditional methodsmethods
AplicationAplication ofof thethe electronicelectronic devicesdevicesin in thethe TomatoTomato FoodFood ChainChain
New measurement technologies are notcommonplace among fruit and vegetableproducers.There is a need to adapt these devices tothe distribution companies that commercializea lot of references in different formats, varieties, sizes, etc.Accomplishment of predictive models forproduct analysis.Standardisation of measurement scales.
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AplicationAplication ofof thethe electronicelectronic devicesdevicesin in thethe TomatoTomato FoodFood ChainChain
The principal aim of the Tracebility Systems is not only to comply with thecurrent legislation, but to be a tool of Quality and Food Safety that allows us toachieve the following objectives:
Improvement of logistic management (lot number, packaging date or expirationdate, etc.).
Transfer to clients a reliable information in the labelling products to complylabelling regulations.
Inmediate location of a lot when a Quality Incident or a Food Safety Alert isdetected in any stage of the food chain.
Colaboration with our suppliers to prevent, as far as possible, any kind ofincident.
ConclusionsConclusions4
MainMain GoalGoal
Traceability must go towards Integrated Management in case of a Food Safety Crisis, providing the transmission of information between all the links involved in the food chain, achieving a correct management of the information and guaranteeing confidentiality.
ConclusionsConclusions4
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Involving SMEs in
traceability innovation
Ewa Marciniak, RWIRP
Patrik Stolt, SLU
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SMEs
”Innovation is the
profitable implementation
of strategic creativity”
Elaine Dundon (2002), ”The seeds of innovation”
Challenges for SMEs:
Traceability and risk management
Company
Company and Branch standards
Regulation(e.g. environment, seed treatment,
GM, food, feed, animal care )
Criteriadevelopment/certification
Qualifying demands
DevelopmentTrademark
Value chainSystem
development
Partly based on original from Prof. Christina Skjöldebrand, LTH Sweden
Partly based on original from Prof. Christina Skjöldebrand, LTH Sweden
Interaction between stakeholders are essential
Coordinator
Six
secretaries
Communication group
Template: Partnership Alnarp – Industrial Platform
In five years
80 Companies
100 Researchers
Applied projects
11 000 000 EUR
Membership fee:
120 000 EUR/year
Workshops
Coordination
Communication
New projects
Regional Industrial Platform• Identify local “real” traceability “problems”
• Solutions on “real” problems
• Applied and tailored projects
• Finance as “joint venture”
• Traceback exchange of knowledge and
innovations via TIP
• RIP networking
Regional Industrial Platforms - RIP
SPAIN – a LIMS system
“Deployment of a laboratory information management system
for improving the breadth and precision of food safety
information in Traceback and assuring the quality control
between the producer and packer”
SWEDEN – pre-harvest test to avoid mycotoxins in wheat
“Developing a grain pre-harvest test to “predict” the likeliness
of having mycotoxins in the final harvest. To improve quality
and trace sources.
SPAIN – improving tomato seedlings
“Developing a to control and trace tomato seedlings, avoid
inmixtures and non-approved qualities down-stream the
tomato food chain. Trace mistakes in the tomato food
chain..
ITALY – to trace mastitis in dairy products
“Development of a rapid test for the detection of infectious agents
causes of mastitis in dairy cows”
Poland – to harmonize EU and Polish product ID in
fresh fruit
“To adjusting Polish food processing industry to the EU law
requirements in the scope of FMCG products identification”
Poland – to secure controlled condition transportation
“Transport container for products that need controlled conditions”
Egypt – to establish networks
“To establish an open dialog between stakeholders in the food
sector, academy and organizations. To establish structures for
collaborations and handle innovations related to traceability”
Turkey – to establish networks
“To establish an open dialog between stakeholders in the food
sector, academy and organizations. To establish structures for
collaborations and handle innovations related to traceability”
Poland – to harmonize EU and Polish product ID in
cosmetics
“To adjusting Polish food processing industry to the EU law
requirements in the scope of FMCG products identification”
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Wielkopolska Food Sector Benefits for SME from TRACEBACK project
RWIRP - Ewa Marciniak
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RIP Wielkopolska• Introduction of TBK project – conference for SME - high
interest from SME , WGRO in name of shareholders and regionalgovernment
• RIP - expected platform for cooperation in traceability and innovation• Choosing the best form for RIP – conference with support of regional
government /ALNARP pattern/ • FINET establishment /schema/ - tool for food industry SME in
developing traceability and innovation rewarded by regional government
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FINET Board
FINETAdministration
Logisticscoordinated by ILiM
FINET Coordinator
Marketing & Financing
coordinated by DB
Traceabilitycoordinated by ILiM
Distribution
Stock Management
Transportation
Warehousing
Automatic Identification
Electrtonic Data Exchange
Credits
Subsidies
StandardizationFinancial Consulting
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Benefits for RIP from TBK
• RIP related to TRACEBACK TIP – international networking, contact with experts, priority in traceability information
• Wielkopolska RIP /FINET/-the main center in the region for SME to announce needs in traceability and innovation
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Wielkopolska RIP projectsGoal
To be capable of transporting of products (fresh food, seedlings, etc.) that need constant temperature control system during transportation
• Who: food industry and growers (seeds)
Vision:
Common container used for transportation of goods that need constant temperature control system
• based on SME owner’s patent
• innovative solution - allows to transport goods in controlled conditions and constant temperature for a specified time period by any means of transportation
• significant reduction of transport costs
• different applications:
food sector - transportation of fresh food
health sector - transportation of medicines, organs, etc.
• temperature registering pill with independent electricity source
• long time of temperature registration (max. 5 days)
• possibility of tracing the product during transportation
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Wielkopolska RIP projectsGoal:
To collect and identify data within supply chains meeting the traceability requirements
• Who: food industry
Vision:
Design and preparation for implementation of traceability system in the Grze kowiak production company based on the Traceback project assumptions related to data collection and identification
• auditing the capability of meeting the requirements posed by the product flow traceability system
• carrying out crisis simulation
• describing of the entire production chain
• identification of sub-processes and all participating elements
• working out recommendations for changes and improvement actions
• preparation of the necessary database, tag models
• implementation of traceability system
• verification of system’s functioning in practice, i.e. in the frame of crisis simulation
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Wielkopolska RIP projects
Goal:
To increase safety of the customers through efficient identification of the origin of the product within supply chain allowing immediate withdrawal of defective products from the market
• Who: cosmetic industry
Vision:
Implementation of traceability system in the supply chain
• introducing of operational system based on GS1 for recording actions at every stage of the physical flow of materials through:
• collection of data about raw materials and components for the production of specific production order
• identification of the manufacturing processes and the consumption of raw materials and components
• tracing of individual pallets of finished products
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Future of Wielkopolska RIP
Continuation as the answer for real needs of SME and supporting
development of food industry in the region:
- improvment of RIP organization
- activity in traceability and innovation EU projects
- international networking
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Big challange for RIP - solve last
announced problem
• Certification of fresh fruits and vegetables
• Announced by shareholders from the regional
wholesale market and shops related to the market
• Growers see the benefit from certifications
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Future
• Stimulate local and regional networks and
initiatives
• Stimulate collaborations between SMEs,
academy, industry and organization
• Stimulate innovations and support with ”pilot”
founding
• Stimulate collaboration and networking
internally/externally EU
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Thank you to all who gave SMEs in our regions
a new tool for better development
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