While all business is risky – Bureau of Labor Statistics data shows that 20 percent of new businesses fail during the first two years of being open, 45 percent during the first five years, and 65 percent during the first 10 years -- Food Safety magazine highlighted in January 2024 that the crucial food and beverage industry faces a number of inherent risks.
Risky Business: Managing 10 Common Food & Beverage Industry Risks
March 21, 2024 posted in Traceability, Safety, Food Recalls
Food Recalls: FreshByte Software Traceability Technology Helps ID Contaminated Products
February 02, 2024 posted in Traceability, Food Recalls
A large food recall, such as the Quaker recall of specific granola bars and granola cereals in December and January across all 50 states and beyond, can be a logistical nightmare.
Fortunately for food wholesale distributors and retailers, cloud-based traceability technology such as FreshByte Software can help identify and recall contaminated products.
FreshByte Software Releases CloudBased Solution for Wholesale Food Distribution
January 23, 2024 posted in Traceability, The Cloud, Press Release
FreshByte Software announced today the release of FreshByte Online, a new cloud-based solution that will offer more functionality and features to help small to large enterprises streamline their wholesale food distribution processes.
Promising Technologies Today are Enhancing Food Traceability Systems
November 03, 2023 posted in Traceability, Technology
An article published this year in the Food Control journal says improving food traceability requires the use of the best new technologies and there are a variety of promising technologies today to enhance food traceability systems (FTS), such as fifth-generation (5G), mobile communication systems, and distributed ledger technology (DLT).
In today's ever-evolving food and beverage industry, cloud-based software has emerged as a transformative force.
From enhancing food safety and quality control to adapting to shifting consumer preferences and sustainability demands, cloud-based solutions have become indispensable tools.
“The food and beverage industry is undergoing a digital transformation. From large corporations to smaller, more flexible brands, companies are using digital technologies to collect more data regarding their workflow processes and to ensure safety and quality in food processing, packaging, and distribution,” explains Food Safety magazine. “Digitalization of the food and beverage sector includes the application of technologies such as smart sensors, cloud computing, and remote monitoring.”
Food Traceability Technology Trends
August 03, 2023 posted in Traceability, Technology, Supply Chain
Food traceability technology developments are crucial to keeping the global food supply chain secure, transparent, and resilient in the face of modern challenges.
“The food traceability technology market is fundamental to improving food safety, providing a method of tracking, tracing, and documenting the journey of food items through the supply chain,” reports Packaging Digest.
FreshBytes Slotting Module Can Reduce Errors and Improve Order Accuracy
May 04, 2023 posted in Traceability, Inventory, Technology
Warehouse management may be invisible to the average customer but can be the difference between success and failure for many operations.
“Any business that stores items in a warehouse knows that effective management is the difference between fulfilling customer orders quickly and accurately while keeping costs down versus hearing complaints about delayed or inaccurate shipments and higher operating costs,” says Oracle’s NetSuite.
How to Ensure Quality Control in Fish Processing
April 21, 2023 posted in Traceability, Supply Chain
Quality control is essential in fish processing because it helps ensure that the fish products are safe for human consumption, meet regulatory requirements, and have a long shelf life.
“Quality control (QC) in some form is now common in the fish industry and its use is increasing steadily as demand for uniformly high-quality products increases. Since fish is more variable than most other food, the need to apply QC is correspondingly greater,” says the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. “As customers and governments become more particular about their food requirements, the fish industry must keep pace with these requirements if it is not to lose out in competition to other foods.”
Which Foods are Most Impacted by Food Traceability?
January 25, 2023 posted in Traceability, Technology
One of the linchpins of the FDA’s Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) is that some foods need to be tracked to a greater degree than other foods to help prevent foodborne illnesses and deaths.
Technology Helps Businesses Streamline Operations & Internal Controls
January 09, 2023 posted in Traceability, The Cloud, Technology
The technological changes that have swept the world in our lifetime are mind-boggling with the first personal computers released in the 1980s, the internet as we know it today launched in the 1990s, iPhones introduced in the 2000s, and the rise of cloud computing over the last decade.
For business and the workplace, the digital revolution has ushered in advances not thought possible just a few years ago.