Chapter 17 - Traceability in Postharvest Systems

Abstract

Traceability is an expected attribute of the modern postharvest system. Traceability is a well coordinated and well documented movement of product and documented activities associated with the product, from producer, through a chain of intermediaries, to the final consumer. When this book was first published, the emphasis was on how the components of the postharvest system interacted and in turn, the impacts of these interactions on other parts of the system. It is a sign of how well systems and supply chain thinking has embedded within this sector of the international economy that it is now important to include a discussion on an activity that helps to integrate and bind a supply system from end-to-end, the activity of traceability.