From the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT): Traceability and Transparency: Do you know where your seafood comes from?

“Seafood is one of the most consumed foods in the world. It is also one of the most difficult to trace, making transparency challenging even in some of the best of circumstances…

We’ve all heard the headlines, ‘Is that fish the fish you think it is?’, ‘Fish fraud: What’s on the menu isn’t often what’s on your plate,’ etc. And it’s no wonder because not only is seafood one of the most consumed foods in the world, it is also one of the most difficult to trace, making transparency challenging even in some of the best of circumstances. These challenges also make seafood fraud easier.”

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In recognition of the collaboration between IFT’s Global Food Traceability Center and the Global Dialogue on Seafood Traceability (GDST), this blog revisits why GDST was needed, how traceability terminology can be conflated, and offers businesses a course to evaluate their current traceability plan.

See the full IFT blog here