Farmsoft traceability
Banana traceability app
Lot-level banana 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
Banana trace points
The records that make a banana trace work:
- Farm and block with bunch age
- Dehanding, washing and crown treatment batch
- Grade and carton lot
- Ripening room and ethylene schedule
- Container and consignee
Regulation and industry context
Banana is excluded from the FDA Food Traceability List's tropical tree fruit category, but export buyers and certification schemes (Rainforest Alliance, GLOBALG.A.P.) require traceability.
Australia's Bartle Frere Bananas uses weather stations, soil sensors and RFID to trace bananas through its supply chain. GS1 Costa Rica publishes a banana traceability guide, and QR codes on organic bananas let consumers check origin.
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
Questions
Is banana on the FDA Food Traceability List?
Banana is excluded from the FDA Food Traceability List's tropical tree fruit category, but export buyers and certification schemes (Rainforest Alliance, GLOBALG.A.P.) require traceability.
How fast is a banana 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
- gs1cr.org – guia trazabilidad banano
- zdnet.com – australias bartle frere bananas using iot and data to improve banana tra
- freshplaza.com – qr code for the traceability of pineapple and organic bananas
- deccanherald.com – this qr code lets you trace where your banana came from 893895
- edepot.wur.nl
- kodiakhub.com – the journey of one banana a supply chain in motion
- iisd.org – voluntary sustainability standards and resilient supply chains bananas c