Recent advancements in meat traceability, authenticity verification, and voluntary certification systems

The growing demand for transparency in the food industry has led to significant advancements in meat traceability. Ensuring the authenticity and origin of meat products is critical for consumer trust, public health, and compliance with regulations. This paper reviews recent innovations in meat trac...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mauro Conter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2024-11-01
Series:Italian Journal of Food Safety
Subjects:
Online Access:https://www.pagepressjournals.org/ijfs/article/view/12971
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1846166856641019904
author Mauro Conter
author_facet Mauro Conter
author_sort Mauro Conter
collection DOAJ
description The growing demand for transparency in the food industry has led to significant advancements in meat traceability. Ensuring the authenticity and origin of meat products is critical for consumer trust, public health, and compliance with regulations. This paper reviews recent innovations in meat traceability, with a focus on blockchain technology as a novel approach to ensuring traceability. Additionally, advanced methods for verifying meat authenticity and origin, such as isotope fingerprinting, DNA analysis, and spectroscopic methods, are discussed. The role of voluntary certification schemes in enhancing traceability and authenticity verification in the meat industry is also explored. The findings highlight the importance of integrating cutting-edge technologies and certification schemes to build a robust and transparent meat supply chain.
format Article
id doaj-art-d7a2515e6b1b49fea57b74a6a2c72374
institution Kabale University
issn 2239-7132
language English
publishDate 2024-11-01
publisher PAGEPress Publications
record_format Article
series Italian Journal of Food Safety
spelling doaj-art-d7a2515e6b1b49fea57b74a6a2c723742024-11-15T08:16:07ZengPAGEPress PublicationsItalian Journal of Food Safety2239-71322024-11-0110.4081/ijfs.2024.12971Recent advancements in meat traceability, authenticity verification, and voluntary certification systemsMauro Conter0Department of Veterinary Science, University of Parma The growing demand for transparency in the food industry has led to significant advancements in meat traceability. Ensuring the authenticity and origin of meat products is critical for consumer trust, public health, and compliance with regulations. This paper reviews recent innovations in meat traceability, with a focus on blockchain technology as a novel approach to ensuring traceability. Additionally, advanced methods for verifying meat authenticity and origin, such as isotope fingerprinting, DNA analysis, and spectroscopic methods, are discussed. The role of voluntary certification schemes in enhancing traceability and authenticity verification in the meat industry is also explored. The findings highlight the importance of integrating cutting-edge technologies and certification schemes to build a robust and transparent meat supply chain. https://www.pagepressjournals.org/ijfs/article/view/12971Meat traceabilityblockchain technologyartificial intelligenceisotope fingerprintingcertification schemes
spellingShingle Mauro Conter
Recent advancements in meat traceability, authenticity verification, and voluntary certification systems
Italian Journal of Food Safety
Meat traceability
blockchain technology
artificial intelligence
isotope fingerprinting
certification schemes
title Recent advancements in meat traceability, authenticity verification, and voluntary certification systems
title_full Recent advancements in meat traceability, authenticity verification, and voluntary certification systems
title_fullStr Recent advancements in meat traceability, authenticity verification, and voluntary certification systems
title_full_unstemmed Recent advancements in meat traceability, authenticity verification, and voluntary certification systems
title_short Recent advancements in meat traceability, authenticity verification, and voluntary certification systems
title_sort recent advancements in meat traceability authenticity verification and voluntary certification systems
topic Meat traceability
blockchain technology
artificial intelligence
isotope fingerprinting
certification schemes
url https://www.pagepressjournals.org/ijfs/article/view/12971
work_keys_str_mv AT mauroconter recentadvancementsinmeattraceabilityauthenticityverificationandvoluntarycertificationsystems