Question

Discuss in various aspects of hygiene and sanitation in food service environment?

Answer 1

Food safety and hygiene requirements will always be a fundamental basis for food processers to avoid any hazards for consumers. However, more and more requirements on tracing and assuring the origin of ingredients will be in focus. The complexity of food processing should be supported by efficient software installation to handle these requirements. The key question today is when electronic operating systems will be implemented in the food supply chain. For the producer, due to lower rewards, radio-frequency identification (RFID) tagging implementation difficulties tend to be higher, while higher rewards for the retailer favour RFID implementation and complexities tend to be less. METRO in Germany has supported RFID implementation since 2004.
The ‘Tag It Easy!’ program is part of METRO Group’s Advanced Logistics Asia (ALA) initiative to improve logistics processes with its Asian suppliers, using RFID to track merchandise throughout the supply chain. By using RFID to provide real-time visibility, METRO Group is increasing the efficiency of its supply chain, with the aim of improving the customer shopping experience. Suppliers benefit by eliminating manual counting and checking of export packages, enhanced proof-of-delivery information and more accurate shipping data, and also position themselves as reliable business partners in the highly competitive consumer goods market.