Title: Creating standardised data lists for traceability: a study of honey processing

Authors: Kathryn Anne-Marie Donnelly, Kine Mari Karlsen, Petter Olsen, Joop Van Der Roest

Addresses: Norwegian Institute of Food, Fisheries and Aquaculture Research (Nofima), Muninbakken 9-13, Breivika, 9291 Tromso, Norway. ' Norwegian Institute of Food, Fisheries and Aquaculture Research (Nofima), Muninbakken 9-13, Breivika, 9291 Tromso, Norway. ' Norwegian Institute of Food, Fisheries and Aquaculture Research (Nofima), Muninbakken 9-13, Breivika, 9291 Tromso, Norway. ' Wageningen UR, RIKILT – Institute of Food Safety, Bornsesteeg 45, P.O. Box 230, 6700 AE Wageningen, The Netherlands

Abstract: In food supply chains, there are numerous measurements, properties and parameters that must be recorded. This documentation is already necessary for legal reasons, labelling, traceability, profiling desirable characteristics, showing compliance and for meeting customer requirements. Standards for name and content of each of these data elements would aid information exchange between buyers, sellers, authorities, consumers and other interested parties. To establish what could form such a list of standard data elements for honey processors, a multi-stage survey was carried out. This and other research resulted in a standardised list of data elements capable of application by all honey processors.

Keywords: standards; honey processing; data elements; traceability; food supply chains; supply chain management; SCM.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMSO.2008.023575

International Journal of Metadata, Semantics and Ontologies, 2008 Vol.3 No.4, pp.283 - 291

Published online: 01 Mar 2009 *

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