Farmsoft traceability
Tomato traceability app
Lot-level tomato 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
Tomato trace points
The records that make a tomato trace work:
- Grower, block or glasshouse
- Colour stage and ripening room
- Washing, grading and packing lot
- PTI case label with GTIN and lot
- Customer and delivery KDEs
Regulation and industry context
Tomato 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.
In 2008 a Salmonella Saintpaul outbreak was wrongly blamed on tomatoes before being traced to peppers; the tomato industry lost an estimated US$100 million or more while traceback stalled. Tomatoes are on the Food Traceability List partly because of that experience.
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 tomato on the FDA Food Traceability List?
Tomato 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 tomato 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
- fda.gov – 145727
- nclnet.org – tomatoes salmonella and traceability
- fastcasual.com – traceability key tomato issue
- pizzamarketplace.com – traceability a key issue in tomato scare
- food-safety.com – 934 tracing our steps how to build an effective traceability program
- actahort.org – 768
- pomionline.it – traceability