identification and traceability systems in food production chains. The analysis, based upon Institutional Economics, involves an …

, implemented in Brazil in 2002, mandatory to producers to export to countries that require traceability, increased the complexity …

compare the costs of recalls with and without traceability for a ten year planning horizon by simulating the expected recalls … traceability system are not available, we calculate only the direct costs savings by the use of traceability. Results suggest that … for a ten year period the value of traceability is about $263 million, and that the cost saving increase with the shelf …

Recent food safety events have raised concerns about food traceability in both developed and developing countries. In … this paper we study the decision to adopt a traceability system in a supply chain with repeated upstream and downstream …

sanitary risks, usually implying better traceability. European Regulation 178/2002 established mandatory traceability. This … paper provides a critical appraisal of the European Regulation on traceability. The analysis characterizes the mandatory … traceability established and evaluates whether the information provided facilitates the withdrawal of targeted products promised by …

design of modern fresh and processed (frozen) food distribution systems. Introduction of the traceability concept allows … chain. In the second part of the paper the main conclusions of an international benchmark study of traceability systems in … that need to be taken into consideration when an organisation develops its chain traceability strategy. …

benefits of control as well as a limited traceability caused by the multiple agents setting of most food risk problems. If we … traceability coefficient, we are able to determine the optimal control intensity and price for any cost of control function and …

This study presents an RFID-based traceability approach to improve production scheduling. An in-depth study for a … manufacturer is conducted to explore scheduling options enabled by an RFID-based traceability system. We propose a novel … information visibility-based scheduling (VBS) rule that utilizes information generated from the real-time traceability systems for …

Global standards for animal identification and traceability are evolving rapidly. Major world animal health, trade, and … traceability system development. Advanced animal traceability systems have been deployed by major beef exporters and are … in a vulnerable position relative to competing export countries with respect to demonstrated animal traceability. This …