The Food and Drug Administration has issued a challenge to digitize the data in the food distribution system so contaminated food can be rapidly identified, traced and removed from the marketplace.
FDA launched a public challenge as part of the New Era of Smarter Food Safety initiative for no-cost tech-enabled traceability hardware, software, or data analytics platforms to protect people and animals from contaminated foods.
FDA Launches Challenge to Spur Development of Affordable Traceability Tools as Part of Broader Food Safety Efforts
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SILVER SPRING, Md., June 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration launched a challenge to spur the development of affordable, tech-enabled traceability tools to help protect people and animals from contaminated foods by enabling the rapid identification of their sources and helping remove them from the marketplace as quickly as possible.
The FDA New Era of Smarter Food Safety Low- or No-Cost Tech-Enabled Traceability Challenge advances a goal set forth in the New Era of Smarter Food Safety blueprint, released in July 2020, to encourage the development of creative financial models for low- to no-cost traceability solutions that would enable food producers of all sizes to participate in a scalable, cost-effective way. Tech-enabled traceability is one of the foundational core eleme
FDA Seeks Innovative Food Traceability Tools And Opens A Dialogue On Advancing Food Safety With Technology
When the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the New Era of Smarter Food Safety initiative in April 2019 and then released the blueprint in July 2020 outlining our goals, we put both in the context of doing our work differently, leveraging new and emerging technologies and approaches to create a safer and more digital, traceable food system.
We are taking two steps forward to do just that, working differently to enhance food traceability and support the use of technology to strengthen the food safety system.