Farmsoft traceability
Citrus traceability app
Lot-level citrus traceability from field to customer: receival, storage, packing, QC and dispatch recorded by scan, with recalls and mock recalls in seconds.
Seconds to run a forward or backward trace
90% lower administration and audit effort
100% scan-verified picking and shipping
24 h FSMA 204 record request – met instantly
Citrus trace points
The records that make a citrus trace work:
- Grower, block and maturity test per bin
- Degreening and storage room
- Wash, fungicide and wax treatment records
- Grade and count per carton
- Export protocol, container and phyto certificate
Regulation and industry context
Citrus is not on the FDA Food Traceability List, but retailers, GFSI schemes and export markets still require one-step-back, one-step-forward traceability.
Citrus Australia's 2023 traceability report and trials tracing more than 400,000 kg of fruit from Mildura orchards to export customers show the industry moving to serialised GS1 QR codes. Australia exports more than A$500 million of citrus a year to over 50 countries; traceability protects that market access.
How Producepak records it
- Lot label at receival with supplier, field and harvest data
- Storage moves recorded by scan
- Batch inputs (produce and packaging) linked to outputs
- QC results and photos attached to the lot
- Pallets scanned to customer, PO and invoice
- Recall by supplier, lot, PO, invoice, pallet, date or any custom key
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Questions
Is citrus on the FDA Food Traceability List?
Citrus is not on the FDA Food Traceability List, but retailers, GFSI schemes and export markets still require one-step-back, one-step-forward traceability.
How fast is a citrus recall trace?
Seconds. Every lot is linked by scan from receival to dispatch, so forward and backward traces are a single search.
Which labels are supported?
GS1 GTIN and SSCC, PTI case labels with voice pick codes, and retailer formats including Walmart, Woolworths, Coles, ALDI and Tesco.
Sources and further reading
- citrusaustralia.com.au – traceability
- citrusaustralia.com.au – Citrus Traceability Report 2023 FINAL Hi res
- packagingnews.com.au – robust traceability for citrus with gs1 qr codes
- laava.id – a sweet citrus traceability collaboration
- citrusindustry.net – origin of oranges can be determined
- researchgate.net – 305356484 Traceability of citrus fruit using isotopic and chemical marke
- federcitrus.org – what is traceability in citrus
- gibrancitrus.com.br – traceability