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|| 1st Alcuefood Workshop - Traceability
Santiago, Chile, 01 al 03 de agosto del 2005.
 Programs
Presentaciones
 Context
The implantation of the article 18 of the
general food law 178/2002 has conduced to a special attention on
traceability with the obligation of implementing it on 1st of January of
2005. The "hygiene package" (regulations 852-853-854/2004) derived of the
" white book on food" completes it and gives new obligations on different
points as:
- Integration of primary production and logistics, GPP, HACCP
- Traceability of agricultural practices (pesticides & fertilizers)
- Official control organization (control frequency & risks)
Food and feed business operators shall be
able to identify from whom and to whom their products have been supplied
and to have systems and procedures in place that allow for this
information to be made available to the authorities. The specific
requirements in terms of hygiene rules are:
- Registration of establishments (for all food business and production)
- A health mark (by veterinary authorities, for food of animal origin)
- An identification mark (by companies, for food of animal origin)
There is no extraterritorial effect, but it
is applicable for EU importers, and traceability could be required on a
contractual basis.
The European Commission funded a specific
support action ALCUEFOOD (2005-08),
www.alcuefood.org –see abstract in annex-, aims to catalyze the
exchange of (policy, scientific, technological, commercial, …) information
on food quality and safety between the EU and the Southern Cone regions. A
specific objective is to organize workshops in the Mercosur region, on key
topics, such as traceability.
Objectives
- diffuse information on advances in traceability systems in Europe
and non EU countries
- inform Latin American partners on the European research initiatives
on traceability systems
- share information on the "state of the art of traceability" and
bottlenecks in South cone countries for the main agrichain (cereals,
meat, fruit)
- Evaluate opportunities to diffuse and disseminate EU research
projects results to the LA scientific community and/or food sector;
- Define needs in terms of scientific and technical cooperation for
LA partners
- Prepare some joint proposals for joint research project or
scientific exchanges (PhD student, post-doc, …)
- Elaborate concept notes for specific needs in research on
traceability systems in LAC countries
Content
The first day will be opened to invited
scientific and industrial Chilean partners. A participation of Canada
representative will complete the panorama on advances on traceability
systems.
The workshop will focused on three main topics:
- Fingerprints and analytical tools for generic traceabity systems
- Geomatics for traceabilty of agricultural practices
- Information systems, including protocol interoperability and
wireless "ad hoc" network for data acquisition in rural areas
These three topics will be discussed in
working groups
General
information
- Language: Presentations in english
- Place: Fundación Chile - Parque Antonio Rabat Sur 6165 - Santa Maria
de Manquehue - Santiago de Chile
- Room: Auditorium
- Coordinators of the workshop:
Eugenia Muchnik - Fundación Chile - emuchnik@fundacionchile.cl o
Silvia Resnik - AUGM-UBA -
silviaresnik@speedy.com.ar
- Secretariat: Maria del Pilar Espinosa, Area Agroindustria * Phone:
56-2-240-0329
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