Food and Beverage Traceability

Food safety and traceability, lot recalls, and foodservice supply chain accountability are all topics that have grabbed headlines across the nation. At the same time, consumers are demanding more information about the products they consume in terms of nutritional information, ingredients, expiration dates and other variable information.

PEAK Technologies provides real-time information integration solutions to help food and beverage manufacturers, distributors, and wholesalers track goods throughout the supply chain from their source to their destination by implementing unique labeling and data collection solutions.

• PEAK provides labeling and data collection solutions for food and beverage totes, bins, bushels, barrels, cases, crates, pallets and other containers that provide readable bar codes even when exposed to dirt, washes, moisture, cold storage, and other challenging conditions.
• PEAK's suite of enterprise printing solutions offers stationary and mobile printers to provide labels on demand wherever they are needed. PEAK also specializes in providing data collection and printing solutions for cold storage environments, with unique solutions to reduce condensation and keyboards seizing up. 
• Encode lot numbers, information from farmers and growers, pick dates, and other variable information with unique labeling solutions that can be printed at the processing center, or right in the field with a rugged mobile printer and facilitate improved return and recall management.

Even the US House of Representatives has taken decisive action by passing the Food Safety Enhancement Act on July 31, 2009. In addition, 55 foodservice manufacturers, distributors, and operators have launched the Foodservice GSI Standards Initiative, and have funded the GS1 US Team for Foodservice to guide execution. Industry organizations and founding members of the Foodservice GS1 US Standards Initiative cite three main objectives and industry-wide benefits as a result of companies choosing to adopt and implement GS1 standards:

• Drive waste out of the foodservice supply chain
• Improve product information for customers
• Establish a foundation for improving food safety and traceability

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