New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research abstracts

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A practical web-based tracking and traceability information system for the pork products supply chain

Xiong Ben Hai^*

Luo Qing-Yao

Yang Liang

Institute of Animal Sciences
Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition
PO Box Beijing 1 4
No. 2 Yuanmingyuan West Road
Beijing, China

Fu Run-Ting

Lin Zhao-Hui

Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Bureau
Tianjin 300210, China

Pan Jia-Rong

Institute of Manufacture of Agricultural Food
Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences

^*Author for correspondence. bhxiong@iascaas.net.cn

Abstract Pork is the major dietary animal protein source of Chinese. The concerns on pork quality and safety have urged the China Administration to establish a tracking and traceability system for animal product safety through legislation. Based on analysis of the factors that affect pork products quality, including inputs (vaccines, fodder, additives and veterinary drugs) and key control points during swine feeding, slaughtering and retail process, this study has developed a practical application platform consisting of a bar-code based data identification system, a data-record keeping system, correlated databases, and a data query interface. This application platform can meet the government’s regulation and consumer demands by enabling the pork quality data to be collected and uploaded from different processes, and through inquiries interface terminals and a final splitting product tracing code, the safety information of the final farm and corresponding individual pig can be retrieved. The designed systems have already been deployed in Tianjin’s two farms, with their associated abattoirs and retail supermarkets, indicating the methodology and its technical solution are applicable, and can be used to monitor the pork products supply chain from the farm to the dinner table.

Keywords    bar code; food safety; information system; pork; traceability

A07084; Online publication date 21 December 2007; Received and accepted 10 August 2007

New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research, 2007, Vol. 50: 725–733
0028–8233/07/5005–0725 © The Royal Society of New Zealand 2007

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