Recently, there has been a lot of discussion about food safety and the falsification of food information, as consumers have in some cases been deceived when buying consumer goods. A conference on these issues will be held on Tuesday 16 April at 08: 30-12: 30.
It has often been possible to investigate fraud with the help of traceability information. This has often been the case, as increased transparency and active traceability in the food value chain could have prevented fraud or at least minimized the damage. Consumers understandably want to know where the product they buy and consume comes from, whether it is meat, fish, Easter eggs or sausages.
Next Tuesday, the Icelandic Product Management Association will hold an informative conference on traceability and food safety in collaboration with GS1 Iceland, Matís and the University of Iceland. The conference will seek answers to how food security can be improved and preventable incidents similar to those that have been discussed in recent months. Ways and solutions to ensure food traceability and how information can be brought to consumers with modern technology will be discussed. Three foreign experts as well as a number of domestic parties working on these issues will give presentations.
The conference will be held at the Grand Hotel Reykjavík on Tuesday 16 April and will take place from 8: 30-12: 30.
You can access the program and register on the website www.logistics.is.
An interview with Svein Margeirsson, CEO of Matís, about food safety and traceability in food production can be found at this link: www.ruv.is/neytendamal/eftirliti-med-matvaelum-abotavant