Farmsoft traceability
Salad traceability app
Lot-level salad 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
Salad trace points
The records that make a salad trace work:
- Leaf lots by grower, field and cut time
- Wash-water and sanitiser records per batch
- Mixing recipe with every input lot
- Bag lot and use-by date
- Customer and delivery KDEs
Regulation and industry context
Salad is on the FDA Food Traceability List, so US supply chains must keep FSMA 204 key data elements for each critical tracking event from 20 July 2028.
Leafy greens and fresh-cut salads are on the Food Traceability List. Walmart required leafy-green suppliers to use digital traceability after repeated romaine outbreaks; Kroger and Albertsons have trialled traceability on salads and salad bars.
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
Related
- Salad packing
- Salad quality inspection
- Leafy greens traceability
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Questions
Is salad on the FDA Food Traceability List?
Salad is on the FDA Food Traceability List, so US supply chains must keep FSMA 204 key data elements for each critical tracking event from 20 July 2028.
How fast is a salad 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
- supermarketnews.com – walmart requires suppliers use traceability system leafy greens
- supermarketnews.com – new kroger salad includes traceability technology
- supermarketperimeter.com – 8284 albertsons smart salad bars raise the bar on traceability
- jdsupra.com – farm to table traceability is on its 29728
- wherefour.com – lettuce talk traceability
- tracextech.com – from the blue mountains to the hot burger a crispy trail