Farmers launch UK's first universal food traceability scheme

摘要

Gloucestershire beef farmers, Matthew Rymer and Clifford Freeman, have devised a new scheme, known as Happerley Passports, which empowers farmers to control provenance at the point of production and consumers to instantly unlock the whole provenance story of their food with a unique traceability code. Every UK primary food producer will be invited to create a free Producer Passport and profile and invite all intermediaries and retailers with whom they trade into a visible supply chain to create a single network. Producers are then able to generate a unique traceability code online for every food batch leaving their holding. The codes are validated through the food chain by participating intermediaries and retailers.