Australian dairy delivers reassurance to China's parents
01 February, 2016Camperdown Dairy International has adopted a new platform to allow Chinese consumers to check the authenticity and provenance of its products using their smartphones.
Beston to release food traceability app
09 December, 2015Beston Global Food Company will release an app to enable retail customers to instantly trace the origin and safety of its food products on their smartphone or tablet.
Tetra Pak instructs suppliers to provide ethics reports
23 November, 2015Tetra Pak has informed its key suppliers that they will be expected to file ethical performance reports on the Supplier Ethical Data Exchange (Sedex).
Food safety — from farm to fork
27 October, 2015Identification solutions enable companies to trace back the trajectory of their products from the producer, through the processing stages, to retailers — meeting consumer and regulatory demand for transparency on the provenance and authenticity of foodstuffs.
RFID streamlines automated tomato harvesting
24 September, 2015RFID technology from SICK allows tomato processor Kagome to ensure product traceability, leading to increasing efficiency in the production process.
ISO/IEC approves farm-to-fork traceability standard
21 September, 2015Two supply chain visibility standards that enable farm-to-fork traceability have been approved as international standards by the ISO and IEC.
Uni students develop wine industry software that could "help feed the world"
25 June, 2015A software system for the viticulture industry developed by a team of Australian university students could one day be applied to global food production.
Coming in from the cold — the importance of food traceability in cold storage environments
24 June, 2015 by David Thompson, Australian Business Manager, Honeywell Scanning & Mobility, ANZIt is vital that Australian cold storage and distribution operators understand that just as cold temperature conditions such as cold air, frost and condensation can make life a challenge for workers operating in these environments, they also create a specific challenge for tracking goods throughout the supply chain.
Cutting cattle transport costs
06 May, 2015Cattle transport in Australia accounts for up to 40% of the market price - not surprising given that cattle can travel up to 2500 km to abattoirs. TRANSIT, a new tool developed by the CSIRO, identifies ways to reduce the distance, time and cost of transporting cattle.
Sick CLV615 Dual Port barcode scanner
29 April, 2015Sick has released the CLV615 Dual Port barcode scanner, featuring an integrated switch that makes it easy to install the sensor in a Profinet IO network.
Barcodes: carrier of secret messages or just a product identifier?
14 April, 2015In light of recent discussion regarding food safety and country of origin labelling, GS1 Australia has addressed a persistent urban myth that the first three digits of a barcode act as a de facto country of origin label.
RANGEme joins GS1 Australia Alliance Partner Program
08 April, 2015Online supplier platform RANGEme has announced its entry into GS1 Australia's Alliance Partner Program. Targeted at SMEs, RANGEme enables FMCG suppliers to pitch their product range to leading Australian retailers more efficiently.
Frozen berries scare propels traceability to top of the food safety menu
31 March, 2015Food safety today is taking centre stage with the spotlight clearly beaming down on the need for an unequivocal, standard practice across the entire food sector. The recent 2015 frozen berries case is not the first food safety incident of its kind and it won't be the last.
KCS TraceME integrates LoRa technology
25 March, 2015KCS has extended its TraceME product line with an advanced module, targeted for worldwide mobility in the Internet of Things era.
StorageQ Supply Chain Management software
10 March, 2015The StorageQ Supply Chain Management system provides accurate, easily accessible stock information, reduces admin tasks by removing redundant paper flows and data entry, and produces detailed reporting and real-time dashboards.
