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TRACEBACK - Integrated system for a reliable traceability of food supply chains
Project
Project code: 36300
Contract period: 01.01.2007
- 31.12.2010
Budget: 9,740,000 Euro
Purpose of research: Applied research
TRACEBACK will develop an innovative food traceability system based on the following aspects:
(i) establishment of objective connections between the product flow and the information flow along the food chain. This will be realised through the implementation of micro-devices, based on micro-arrays and Q RT-PCR technologies embedded in lab-on-a-chips;
(ii) development of an information management system which fits to the existing technologies present along the diverse players of the food chain from the raw materials to the sale of products and it is open for upcoming technologies, without imposing any technology change to any player. This will be achieved through the development of a Service Oriented Architecture model, which will provide semantic and service interoperability;
(iii) maximum care of cost aspects of the used technologies due to the fact that for being routinely implemented in the food sector, having typically tiny margins, traceability needs to weight not more than between 1 and 2% of the product cost.
Section overview
Subjects
- Market Analysis/Marketing Strategy
- Communication Sciences