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Traceability and its importance
BUSINESSES are in- creasingly listening to what their customers want and are becoming more transparent about where and how their products are farmed, sourced and made.
product tampering is oc- curring.
the RSPCA Approved certification has indeed come from the farms and abattoirs that are regu- larly assessed against the RSPCA’s animal welfare standards.
For businesses to ac- curately promote the ori- gins of these products, they need to have the systems in place to trace them back to the source.
Effective and well- managed systems fo- cussed on ensuring product traceability also make it easier for busi- nesses to rectify any is- sues if they occur.
To do this, annual as- sessments of each busi- ness in the supply chain of RSPCA Approved products are conducted against our publicly available Chain of Cus- todyStandard.
But how does trace- ability work, and why is it really that important?
• Manage large amounts of product data and information in- cluding the quantity of product supplied and/or received
Australians are driving change for some of our country’s most inten- sively farmed animals, simply through their pur- chasing decisions.
Traceability in food production is the ability to trace the ingredients in a product through a supply chain, all the way back to the source.
• Trace products and ingredients forwards and backwards in their supply chains
When these consumers pick up a product with an animal welfare claim, this needs to be verifi- able to demonstrate how that product is raising the bar for farm animals.
When you pick up a product at your local supermarket or grocer, chances are that the product has been through multiple steps in a supply chain before ending up in your basket.
• Test the systems’ own effectiveness through mock recall exercises
Being able to trace ingredients is not only important for food safety and quality assurance, but it also allows busi- nesses to make sure that any public claims made about their product are true and accurate, and that no substitution or
• Use a mass balance exercise to account for the volume of materials at all stages of produc- tion, to make sure that no substitution or mixing of products is occurring.
By choosing a product with a robust certifica- tion process and strict traceability require- ments, such as RSPCA Approved, conscious consumers can sup- port the companies and farmers who are leading the way in improving welfare for millions of farm animals every year.
What makes a good traceability system
These systems should be able to:
RSPCA Approved cer- tification, more than animal welfare
The RSPCA Approved Farming Scheme works hard to make sure that any product that carries
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