How safe is the food you eat? How can you tell?
There are at-home precautions you can take to minimize your chances of consuming tainted food. For example, you can ensure all your cooked meats reach an internal temperature of 165 degrees before serving, wash your equipment thoroughly to avoid cross-contamination, and refrigerate key foods to keep them from growing bacteria. But what about the safety of your food before it gets to the grocery store?
Recalls are still commonplace, with outbreaks of E. coli, salmonella, and other hazards still jeopardizing human health. Fortunately, thanks to big data and data analysis, our food supply chain is getting safer.
Better Traceability
For starters, the global food market has become incredibly complex. Ingredients are produced around the world, shipped everywhere, and in many cases, go through several phases of processing and transportation before they make it to a finished product. When an outbreak is detected in a given product, this makes it difficult to track exactly which ingredient or which batch was responsible for the outbreak.
Thankfully, companies like FoodLogiQ are making it easier to incorporate traceability into the supply chain. Using a lot-level traceability software like FoodLogiQ Connect allows companies to reasonably identify and track the …
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