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Traceability requirements for the wine industry
Paul Foreman
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What is traceability?
Definition as per EEC 178/2002
Traceability is the ability to trace and track food, feed, food-producing animals or materials aimed at, or intended for, use in food or feed, through all the stages of production, processing and distribution.
Note: EEC 178/2002 only places a legal obligation on EU-operators, including importers, and not on South African operators, but contractual agreements usually require SA operators to have a traceability system in place.
How to apply the new regulation to the wine industry
Traceability in terms of EEC178/2002 regulation.
- It is necessary for a food or feed business, including an importer, to at least be able to identify the business who supplied the food, feed, animal or product that could be incorporated in food or feed, to ensure that if an investigation should take place, traceability may be ensured at all times.
- The traceability of food, feed, food-producing animals, and any other material aimed at or intended for incorporation in food or feed, must be operational at all stages of production, processing and distribution.
- Businesses in the wine industry must be able to identify any person who supplied them with food, feed, a food-producing animal, or any material aimed at or intended for incorporation in food or feed. To be able to do so, such operators need to have a system and procedures in place enabling them to make this information available to the authorised authorities upon request.
- Businesses in the wine industry must have systems and procedures in place to identify the other businesses to whom their products have been supplied. This information will be made available to the authorised authorities upon request.
- Food or feed that will be marketed or in all probability be marketed in the EEC, must have sufficient labels or identification to facilitate the traceability thereof, by means of relevant documentation or information in accordance with the applicable requirements of more specific prescriptions.
'Food' does not include:
- Plants before harvesting;
- Poison residue.
Responsibilities
- At any stage of production, processing and distribution to any business under their control, businesses in the wine industry must ensure that food or feed complies with the requirements of food legislation that are applicable to their activities and must verify that such requirements have been met.
- Businesses in the wine industry must go about their business with the greatest circumspection. Circumspection includes ensuring that suppliers comply with this standard.
The purpose of the document is to facilitate the transfer of information and implementation as well as to support and improve the creditworthiness of "Brand South Africa". This can only be achieved if the entire industry and related industries implement the document.
Paul Foreman: Darling Cellars on behalf of the Winetech Traceability Ad hoc working group
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