Las TICs como herramienta en la

producción agrícola

Fernando Fontán
Presidente del LATU
6/08/2019

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 Traceability is defined as the ability
to discern, identify and follow
Food the movement of a food or
Traceability substance intended to be or
expected to be incorporated
Definition and into a food, through all stages of
Scope production, processing and
distribution.

Product Recall is defined as the

action to remove food from the
market at any stage of the food
chain, including that possessed
by consumers. For the purposes Ear tag used for official
of these Regulations, recall
bovine meat trazeability
refers to food safety and food
in Uruguay
quality-based recalls.
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Key aspects
involved in
food
traceability

Source: https://www.reditech.be/en/blog/food-traceability
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 Food Gartner Predicts 20% of Top Global Grocers
Will Use Blockchain for Food Safety and
Traceability: Traceability by 2025
a need for both
authorities and The country's first WeChat mini-program capable of tracing
baby formulas was launched on Tuesday to boost
consumers consumers' confidence in home-made baby formulas.
Consumers can tell the formula's genuineness and get the
production date, batch number, manufacturer and test
result by scanning the QR code with the mini-program
embedded in WeChat. Date: 3/7/2019

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 “New Era of Smarter Food Safety”
Traceability:
a evolving
requirement The use of new and evolving digital technologies may play a pivotal role in
tracing the origin of a contaminated food to its source in minutes, or even
for most seconds, instead of days or weeks, when contamination does occur. Access to
information during an outbreak about the origin of contaminated food will
exigent help us conduct more timely root cause analysis and apply these learnings to
markets prevent future incidents from happening in the first place. To help
accomplish this goal, our new era of smarter food safety work will explore
opportunities and specific actions to evaluate new technologies and upgrade
our abilities to rapidly track and trace food through the supply chain.

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 Uruguayan
Success Case: Uruguayan Beef: The certainty of knowing that what you are eating is natural
Meat and safe
traceability Uruguay has a long tradition and culture of beef production and export. Uruguayan
beef is known throughout the world for its high quality and delicious taste. Today,
Uruguay exports 70% of what it produces. Our main destinations are China, the
European Union and the United States.
Now, read this: Uruguay´s beef sector has a unique capability, the entire supply
chain is monitored, online! There is a huge database and information system that
allows to go back from table to farm. Every movement of each animal is registered
and recorded online. Every kilogram of beef can be linked and traced to the
production area, farm, and cattle. This allows to demonstrate and certify its
production process and product integrity to every consumer in the world.

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 Individual cattle traceability mechanisms that make it possible to
trace animals from their origin up to processing plants. At plants,
Uruguayan by combining the information provided by the double ear-tag
system of the SIRA (Animal Identification and Registration) with
Success Case: the Electronic Information System for the Beef Industry (SEIIC,
Meat also known as “Black Boxes”), it is possible to link every kilogram
of beef to the animal where it came from, and hence to the farm.
traceability The combination of both systems turns Uruguay into the only
country in the world able to have the record of its entire cattle
herd, and of all its beef exports.
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Key enablers
for
“traceability”
innovation in
Uruguay
Key factors for Uruguay:

• Strong Industry-Government
cooperation.
• Strong and Trustable Public
Institutions.
• Excellent ICT access in rural areas.
• Industry commitment with quality.
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• Competitive and internationally
connected ICT Industry.
Gracias
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