Traceability of peaches from integrated production in South Brazil

Scientia Agricola

Casiane Salete Tibola²  José Carlos Fachinello¹  Cesar Valmor Rombaldi¹  Leonardo Nora¹  Andrea De Rossi Rufato¹  Leo Rufato¹ 

[1] ,Embrapa TrigoPasso Fundo RS ,Brasil

关键词: traceability;    quality;    food safety;    rastreabilidade;    qualidade;    alimento seguro;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0103-90162008000100002

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Traceability is becoming the most effective method to provide a safer food chain and connection producers to consumers. This paper report the application and validation of a traceability system on the production chain of peaches, according the rules for Integrated Production of Peach (IP) and a Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) systems. The harvesting plots were discriminated using a Global Positioning System (GPS) device. The horticultural practices were registered in a field book according to the Brazilian IP rules. Boxes to transport the fruit, from the orchard on, were barcode labelled to identify the fruits in terms of origin (orchard and harvesting plot), cultivar, quality, picking date and time. Arriving in the factory, by an optical barcode reading device, the fruits in the boxes were assigned to homogeneous batches. Peach cans were labelled according to their corresponding batch number and monitored based on physical and chemical analysis as preconized by the IP rules and HACCP system. An electronic data base was set up and placed over the Internet. Using the batch number, the history of each peaches can could be traceable back to their harvesting plot. Therefore, manufacturers can monitor the product at any time and take any necessary action, such as product recall and/or product reprocessing.

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