Traceability in Food Supply Chain: A Theoretical Model for the Improvement of Food Safety

Authors

  • MILENA GÓMEZ Professor Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá
  • VANESA PENALBA Professor Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá

Keywords:

traceability, food supply chain, food safety, food traceability, traceability in food supply chain

Abstract

Traceability ensures food safety throughout the food supply chain through its application from obtaining the raw material to point of sale. In this sense, the study of traceability has aroused much interest in researchers. Consequently, this article carries out an exhaustive literature review where research on traceability in the food supply chain is analyzed in depth, which allows identifying their potential and shortcomings. Based on the analysis carried out, eighty (82) articles have been identified that highlight the potential for traceability in the food supply chain present in three (3) economic sectors: (1) agriculture and livestock, (2) fishing and (3) manufacturing industry. The results show that the study of traceability in the food supply chain was born nineteen years ago. The last 8 years, research has increased by 85% demonstrating that more research is being developed on the subject. Finally, in order to guide future research, the existing studies were analyzed with the purpose of knowing how traceability in the supply chain and its relationship with improving food safety has been addressed within the literature, identifying that the existing literature has analyzed only the traceability in some links of the supply chain or presents theoretical approaches. In this direction, based on our results we present a theoretical model oriented to measure the relationship between traceability throughout the supply chain and the improvement of food security, which constitutes a roadmap for future research aimed at knowing the relationship of traceability throughout the supply chain.

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2021-04-27

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GÓMEZ, M., & PENALBA, V. (2021). Traceability in Food Supply Chain: A Theoretical Model for the Improvement of Food Safety. Key People, 5(1), 43–59. Retrieved from https://revistas.ulatina.edu.pa/index.php/genteclave/article/view/129

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Vol. 5 No. 1 (2021): Vol. 5 Núm. 1 (2021): Gente Clave, Volumen 5, Número 1 Enero-Junio 2021

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