Farmsoft traceability
Leafy greens traceability app
Lot-level leafy greens 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
Leafy greens trace points
The records that make a leafy greens trace work:
- Field, block and harvest time
- Cooling (vacuum or hydro) record
- Wash, cut and mix batch
- Bag or clamshell lot code
- Shipping and receiving KDEs
Regulation and industry context
Leafy greens 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.
IFT's Global Food Traceability Center ran leafy-green traceability pilots with FDA that showed the value of sharing extended product data in a traceback. California's LGMA requires member handlers to maintain traceability systems.
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 leafy greens on the FDA Food Traceability List?
Leafy greens 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 leafy greens 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
- ift.org – leafygreens
- ift.org – fda leafy green pilot final report 12220
- ift.org – leafy green traceability pilots
- lgma.ca.gov – traceability systems
- food-safety.com – 6902 traceability progress in the leafy greens sector
- foodprocessing.com – pilot tests validate the effectiveness of a new leafy greens traceabilit