Following the escalation in legislation and regulations on food safety in the global food industry, companies are under pressure to identify from whom they obtain their products.
Under European Union rules which came into effect on January 1, 2005, food businesses must be able to identify from whom they obtained and to whom they supplied a food ingredient or product. This is referred to as "one step forward and one step back."
To be in line with the global trend, Kenyan poultry provider Kenchic has introduced what it calls Farm 2 Fork concept, which enables consumers to trace the origin of chicken products supplied by the company. Kenchic is using international management systems to ensure that best practice is observed, right from the time an egg is hatched on the farm up to the point the slaughtered chicken is packed.
Under the Farm 2 Fork system, consumers will be able to identify when the eggs were produced, packed and placed on a supermarket shelf.
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March 23, 2007
Kenya : tracing origin of chicken products now possible
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