Recently enacted federal food safety and food security laws have brought increased recordkeeping to most food companies, from producer to shipper to wholesaler. Some companies are viewing these new regulations as huge burdens, but new technology may help producers turn the mounds of data that need to be collected to meet governmental traceability regulations into added value and profitability for their product. The Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002, which became effective for most food companies last summer, requires them to maintain detailed records to facilitate traceback to the most immediate previous owner and track […]