How the ‘Internet of Things’ Will Impact Food Safety
How the ‘Internet of Things’ Will Impact Food Safety
2015-06-15 From:Food Safety News
According to some estimates, by 2020 there will be four times as many non-traditional devices connected to the Internet as there are computers, tablets and smartphones. The main purpose for many of them? Collecting data — lots of it. For food companies, that means collecting food safety data to ensure both that the product stays safe and that they know where they went wrong if anything compromises the product. Take, for example, a fresh produce company monitoring how its shipments are doing in terms of temperature, location, the amount of light exposure, and how much jostling the products experience. If their fruits or vegetables reach the grocery store bruised or rotten, they’ll be able to look back through the data to see what went wrong — or who’s to blame. FSMA will require food facilities to comply with Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) regulations and report on all steps associated with HACCP compliance. While those records have traditionally been tracked with paper-based logs, more companies will be turning to devices pre-loaded with HACCP checklists that instantly transmit data over the Internet, according to PAR Technology, a restaurant and hospitality software company. Those devices might also prompt workers to perform required inspections, verify those inspections, and transmit any other data to the cloud to be easily reported for compliance. Walters said that he envisions a near-future in which every player in the food supply chain has systems in place to continually monitor their products, as well as be aware of how the supply is looking at any other point in the supply chain. For example, everyone in a beef supply chain will know the temperature and condition of the next shipment before and after it reaches its end-point. Though Walters’ company supplies Internet-ready sensors to companies in a number of industries, he said that the food industry is leading the way with a huge share of the early adoption into the IoT. Of those, restaurants and food manufacturing facilities seem to be the most keen to transition into cloud-based record-keeping and monitoring. But farmers and shipping companies are coming on board as well. Another company has developed an ear tag for cattle that monitors bovine respiratory disease, which can quickly spread if the infected animal isn’t immediately removed from the herd. With the sensor, managers can be instantly alerted to a sign of respiratory disease and treat the animal before it causes an outbreak. With all the applications related to food safety within the IoT, analysts predict that most all devices in the food industry will be connected before very long. “I give it a five-year timeframe before the tsunami hits,” Walters said.
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