Better traceability benefits WA food manufacturers’ bottom lines, finds DPIRD-GS1 reportTraceability Learning Journeys, a GS1 report commissioned by CRC partner WA DPIRD, is based on conversations with 20+ WA food and beverage firms about the benefits accrued and lessons learned from improving their traceability systems.
GS1 joins AFGC to help digitise and streamline Australia’s food supply chainsThe Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC) has teamed with global standards group GS1 Australia to help Australia’s food and grocery manufacturing industry implement improved supply-chain standards and technology.
FIAL calls for supply-chain traceability SMEs to join it at foodpro 2021FIAL invites eligible SMEs or micro-businesses with products or services related to food and beverage supply-chain integrity to submit EOIs with a view to participating in the Traceability and Provenance Zone at foodpro 2021, in Sydney in late July.
Costa Group adds traceability tech to its avocado labelsCosta Group’s Lovacado-branded avocados now have QR codes embedded in their stickers, enabling the company - and consumers - to track each avo’s path from farm gate to packing shed to plate.
Future Food System CRC’s first smart trade hubs research project kicks offBeefLedger and an interdisciplinary research team at QUT will work with food-buying groups across Australia and China to explore blockchain-based approaches to streamlining cross-border trade, in the initial proof-of-concept stage of a multi-stage Future Food Systems project that will develop the soft and hard digital infrastructure needed to support the growth of smart trade.
