A recent recall of Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein (HVP) has once again reinforced the harmful effects of a disconnected supply chain.  HVP is an ingredient found in many spices, sauces, and mixes, products which are themselves used in millions of foods.  Recalls such as these can severely affect consumer brand confidence.   Because of the broken chains in our traceability system, many more brands are affected because most food manufacturers cannot see where all of the contaminated products have come from upstream nor can they see what products have been affected downstream.  There are things that can be done today, however, to enable clearer visibility along the supply chain and to help you get ready for a future National Traceability System, as proposed by the U.S. Congress.  As a provider of traceability services, Afilias has some best practice recommendations for you for establishing a framework to help you view your product data from farm to fork.

Afilias will be exhibiting at the 2010 Food Safety Summit in Washington, DC.  Stop by booth #727 to learn how Afilias Discovery Services enables true end to end traceability in the supply chain!

Afilias Discovery Services VP, Brian Cute, will be speaking on the panel: Traceability - Supply Chain Wide Adoption of Electronic Traceability.  The panel will be held Tuesday, April 13th at 1:45 pm in the Exhibit Hall Theatre A.

Afilias is a silver sponsor of the 6th Annual North American Summit on Food Safety. Afilias' Ali Rezafard will be featured on a panel discussion on Tuesday, March 9th at 2:15 p.m. entitled "Best practices in tracing food and pathogens to provide quicker recalls that are more efficient". Visit our booth to discuss how Afilias Discovery Services can provide complete and secure end-to-end traceability in a supply chain. 

Hearing explores reform of U.S. food safety system; sets stage for Senate action this year

WASHINGTON – October 22, 2009 – The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee today held a hearing to discuss S. 510, the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act and specific proposals for food safety reforms. Brian Cute, Vice President of Discovery Services for Afilias, a global provider of end-to-end supply chain traceability services, issued the following statement applauding the Committee’s effort and progress made toward establishing a national traceability system for food.

Dublin, Irland, 18. August 2009__ Afilias, weltweit agierender Anbieter von Internet-Infrastrukturdiensten, gibt bekannt, dass Ali Rezafard zum Chairman der EPCglobal Software Action Group ernannt wurde. Bei Afilias ist Rezafard als Experte für die Entwicklung und Implementierung bei Afilias' Discover Service verantwortlich.

EPCglobal ist führend in der Entwicklung und Standardisierung des für die RFID-Technologie notwendigen Elektronischen Produktcodes (EPC).

Brian Cute, Afilias VP of Discovery Services, talks about the 'Internet of Things' on the Australian Broadcasting Corp's weekly radio show: Future Tense.

Dublin, Ireland - 18 August 2009 - Afilias, a global provider of internet infrastructure services, today announced that Ali Rezafard, the lead member in the development and implementation of Afilias' Discovery Services platform, has been selected to chair the Software Action Group at EPCglobal. 

EPCglobal leads the development of industry-driven standards for the Electronic Product Code^TM (EPC) to support the use of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) in implementing traceability technolog

H.R. 2749 to create a national tracing system for food from ‘farm to fork’

Washington, D.C. – On a second attempt at passage, the U.S. House successfully voted in favor of legislation to reform a food safety system that has been battered by a lack of consumer confidence and numerous food recalls over the past few years.

Brian Cute, Vice President of Discovery Services for Afilias, a global provider of end-to-end supply chain traceability services, today issued the following statement regarding passage of H.R. 2749, Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009.