Data standardisation in tracing activities along complex food supply chains

Workshop on the EFSA–BfR traceability projects for EFSA staff

Wednesday, 13.03.2024

09:00-09:15
Introduction to the EFSA-BfR tracing projects:
Welcome and overview

09:15-09:20
Please interact during the meeting!
Organisational issues of the hybrid meeting

09:20-10:10
What are the needs of tracing during an incident?

  • The Universal Traceability data eXchange format (UTX) – design principles and structure
  • A novel classification approach to standardise food tracing information in FoodEx2
  • Feedback of the member states and the audience
  • Q&A and Group discussion on EFSA needs

10:10-11:00
What are powerful tracing methodologies?

  • FoodChain-Lab: An open-source tool for tracing data visualisation, analysis, and reporting
  • ATAST: A regional management tool for collaboration in tracing investigations
  • Feedback of the member states and the audience
  • Q&A and Group discussion on tracing methodologies

11:00-11:20
Coffee break

11:20-12:10
What are new ways of practice?

  • Mining alert data for contaminations in feed/food supply chains with RASNEX, the Rapid Alert Supply Network Extractor tool
  • Multi-actor tracing data collection workflow – towards a guided tracing data collection for Member States
  • Feedback of the member states and the audience
  • Q&A and Group discussion on ways of practice

12:10-12:30
Review and outlook
Discussion on the project results and possibilities for future collaboration

12:30
End of the workshop

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