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Traceability Systems Marco Frederiksen M.Sc.,
Ph.D. Danish Institute for Fisheries
Research Department of Seafood Research
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• Introduction
• Why is traceability important
• Test of a complete system in practice
• Future systems and possibilities

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Why is traceability important?
20. March 1996 UK Authorities show connection
between BSE and Jacob Creutzfeldt disease A few
days later All UK beef export banned. EU
regulation 820/97 demands on traceability for beef
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31. May 1999 dioxin scandal in Belgium 10. June.
1999 Beef, pork, poultry, egg and milk produced
in Belgium after 14. January 1999 cannot be sold,
unless it is documented that the product is not
dangerous
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Possible economic advantages of
traceability Improved management of stock in all
links Reduced extra purchase to secure delivery
Increase market shares/product value if
information is used actively towards customers
(story telling)
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• Possible economic advantages of traceability
• Insurance. Just one incidence can hit the whole
  sector
• Optimisation of the whole production chain
• More confidence, more and improved cooperation,
• less raw material inspection.

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• Traceability definitions
• Traceability is the ability to trace the history,
  application or location of that which is under
  consideration
• When related to a product
• The origin of materials and parts,
• The processing history and
• The distribution and location of the product
  after
• delivery
• (ISO 90002000, Point 3.5.4)

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Traceability definitions EU definition Regulation
(EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and
of the Council Article 3traceability means
the ability to trace and follow a food, feed,
food-producing animal or substance intended to
be, or expected to be incorporated into a food or
feed, through all stages of production,
processing and distribution
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Traceability definitions Traceability the
ability to trace A specific product should be
able to be identified and linked to the related
records
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The supply chain from catch/farm to
consumer The captured fish chainand the
farmed fish chain Information
flow Product flow
Breeder/ Hatchery/ Fish farm
Wholesaler/ Producer
Transport
Retailer
Consumer
Feed/ Medicine
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Traceable unit The traceable unit must be
defined The traceable unit is the same as the
batch, lot or trade unit The single unit must be
uniquely identifiable and be linked to the
relevant records
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A traceable unit can be one fish eg. one tuna
It can be a one catch, one days catch or one
weeks catch It is up to the industry to define
it Today - many operates with one day of
production or one shift of production (e.g. a
new Danish slaughter house approx. 14000 pigs a
day within the same batch!)
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Large batches Low costs high economic loss if
recalled! Information maybe not useful for
anything Small batches Higher costs little
economic loss if recalled Information useful for
chain management Possibility to sell the
information
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Traceability in the seafood business
Traceability Requirements Market access
Traceability
Industrial statistics Multivariate methods
HACCP,GMP

• -unique ID
• -transformations
• data carriers
• number series

Provide Vessel name Catch area Catch date etc.
Trace/track contamination Enable
recall/ Withdrawal Trace back
Common Food Law 178/2002 Bio T. Act, COOL
Story telling
18/19 Sec. 306
Supply chain management, Lean etc.
GS1 (EAN/UCC) standard for barcodes Traceability
of fish guideline TraceFish standard EPC Global
Labeling Laws
Integration of information- systems
Modified from Petter Olsen NIFA, 2005
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Paper based Traceability systems All
traceability operations are manual Low
investment High operation costs (if labour is
expensive) High possibility for human errors
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Schemes for registration (simplified example)
Vessels
Auction
Wholesaler/ Producer
Transport
Retailer
Consumer
Receipt
Intake record
Delivery note
Intake record
Vessel logbook
Process records
Proces record
Auction Intake record
Sales record
Auction Sales record
Sales record
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Example at a producer
Raw Material Intake record
Purchase record
Wholesaler/ Producer
Daily Quality Record Sheet
Intake record
Filleting record
Blast freezer
Bulk pack- aging record
Cold store record
Process records
Dispatch record
Sales record
Sales record
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Raw Material Intake record
INTAKE TICKET Date 24/09/2003 Batch number 01
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Daily Quality Record Sheet
Batch ID Label Date 24/09/2003 Batch code 01
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Raw Material Intake record
Purchase record
Wholesaler/ Producer
All records linked by batch identification codes
Daily Quality Record Sheet
Intake record
Filleting record
Blast freezer
Bulk pack- aging record
Cold store record
Process records
Dispatch record
Sales record
Sales record
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Labelling What is chosen as unique identifier?
(batch identification) Handwritten notes and/or
coloured notes Day label with colours Combination
of date/time/name or Unique batch/lot number
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Electronic traceability Developed Seapacking
systems
Integrated quality assurance, Seapacking projects
1992 to 1997
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An example of a box label
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Seapacking status
Approx. 30 systems in daily use in DK Around
seven five different brands of seapacking systems
available Widely sold all over the world Costs
are saved large investment 15000EUR
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Test and documentation of a traceability system
in whole chain
No size grading of fish onboard the fishing
vessel The collector makes the size grading on
shore and repack each fish box All information
transferred using the Internet
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Video of test in practise
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Conclusion

• It is possible to manage traceability in a fresh
  fish chain
• Time used around 17 sec per box in each link
• Less time on fishing vessel and in supermarket
• The time used for traceability can be neglected
• (100 boxes ½ hour for a whole fishing trip)
• Supermarket put all ready labels on product only
  scan
• Investment around 8000EUR per link in hardware

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Standard for electronic transfer
The Tracefish standards Voluntary industry
standards for electronic transformation of
information www.tracefish.org
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Label standards
GS1 barcode system (Former EAN and
UCC) www.GS1.org
EAN-128
EAN-13
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Electronic systems available today
Just examples Electronic seapacking
systems www.marel.com www.nesco.co.uk For
aquaculture www.akvasmart.com For all foods
www.lyngsoesystems.com (Catellae,3500 McDonalds
restaurants) www.tracetracker.com,
www.wicefish.org ERP - Enterprise Resource
Planning Internal traceability www.sap.com,
microsoft dynamics (Navision)
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Near future
250.000 Danish fish boxes will contain an
electronic tag (RFID) within three years Unique
number on each box, no paper labels cheap
traceability General FOOD standards for
electronic transfer is in development right now -
www.trace.org
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When traceability is established it is possible
to use the information Supply chain management
(confidence and cooperation) Less raw material
inspection Reduced stocks and purchase
(inventory management) Reduced economic loss in
case of a recall and improved brand
protection Use information actively towards
customers (story telling)