A firm has found success in creating invincible bar codes to track the progress of food through the supply chain. Canada-based Index Biosystems has developed the bar code from baker’s yeast.
Food-borne diseases are on the rise globally. Being able to track the food through supply chains will help extensively in dealing with the problem.
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With just a single-cell microbe, water, and its oracking software, Index Biosystems has created a method for tracing the origin and further travel of food.
According to the manufacturer, BioTags are highly sticky once placed and stay there, clinging to the grain’s surface during milling while being visible in flour.
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“The company’s technology only needs a small sample of flour – a metric gram – to determine every farm involved in producing the wheat that made that flour. With the company’s BioTags and GS1 standards, they can verify the carbon footprint of a slice of bread. The BioTag does not involve any genetic modification,” says Mike Borg, CEO of Index.
The U.S. FDA and Health Canada have already permitted to use the tags in food goods. Additionally, the platform has been tested with products from medications to fundamental goods.