The improvement of a traceability practice at a Hungarian producer organisation

Abstract

A food traceability system enables to follow the movement of any food product by documentation of each
point of food handling. It is important to fully be aware that the traceability system is a special tool for
attaining that objective, but the establishment of traceability system itself does not let as an objective. The traceability process enables trading stakeholders to follow products as they move from field to retail store.
Each traceability partner must be able to identify the direct source and direct recipient of product. Among the
priorities of traceability the most important is to protect the consumer through fast and accurate identification of implicated product. The necessity of the follow up systems are unquestionable, thus the recognition of good practices can ensure the better realizations. The main goal of this paper on the one hand is the shaping
how traceability appears in the practice of fresh vegetable and fruit sector, on the other the assay of a
traceability system at a selected Hungarian Producer Organization (PO).