food traceability

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the ability to track the movement of a food product and its ingredients through all stages of production, processing, and distribution; a critical component of food safety management enabling rapid identification and recall of contaminated products; driven by regulatory requirements including the EU General Food Law Regulation and the US Food Safety Modernization Act, as well as consumer demand for information about provenance; modern traceability systems increasingly use blockchain technology, QR codes, and RFID tagging to create immutable digital records linking each product unit to its origin farm, processing facility, transport chain, and retail point