4 ways IOT is supporting the food industry | Food Safety News
Bobby Krishna
A sensor, internet connection and the ability to communicate: These are the three ingredients that make up the Internet of Things technology. IOT is gaining rapid steam, with companies such as global communication giants, Ericsson and Cisco, making projections of as many of 50 billion devices connected by IOT by 2020.
While estimations vary to the extent of which IOT will be relied upon in the future, one thing is certain – the food industry is not about to get left behind.
Here are four ways food companies are utilizing IOT technology:
Food safety efficiency:
Perhaps the biggest payout for investing into IOT is the ability to closely monitor food safety data points, which in turn helps reduce the risk of a food illness outbreak. Topping the list is the use of real-time temperature tracking sensors that have the ability to monitor a product’s temperature from the time it leaves a farm to the moment it leaves the grocery store shelf.
This type of technology is beneficial as shippers, receivers, loaders and carriers all work to become compliant with the Food Safety Modernization Act’s Final Rule on temperature control and tracking requirements. It also carries over into assisting the tracking of Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points, and the ability to provide food companies with automated HACCP checklists for more coherent data collection and reporting that paper-based logs are not able to monitor as efficiently.
Less waste:
According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, one-third of human food production is lost or wasted globally each year. While some of this is food waste on the consuming end, food waste due to compromise during the transportation and distribution portion of the supply chain contributes to this whopping 1.3 billion tons per year waste estimation. However, with a centralized cloud data base tracking real-time control points for food safety, companies have the ability to integrate it into their business management decisions. For example, if a load of broccoli from Mexico experienced a temperature compromise during shipment, a company can use that knowledge to decrease the shipment’s shelf life so a retailer can act accordingly to get it on a consumer’s plate before it spoils.
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Doruk Selvi
Internet of Things Platform Enhances Food Quality and Safety
Diversey Care, a division of Sealed Air announced the launch of their new digital food safety management platform called IntelliConsult.
Last year Diversey Care successfully launched the Internet of Clean platform, which connects machines, dispensers, sensors, beacons, and other smart devices to help companies protect their brands, improve customer satisfaction, save water and energy, improve labor productivity and enhance people training. Among the Diversey Care products included in the Internet of Clean at launch were Intellitrail, IntelliFlow, SmartView, TempTrip and Intellibot robotic scrubbers and vacuums. Augmented reality applications are also now available as part of the Internet of Clean to provide how to guides or problem-solving advice for cleaning operatives on site.
As part of the progressive roll out of the different data-driven innovative solutions, Diversey Care has now developed IntelliConsult. This suite of integrated digital solutions manages food safety risks, drives consistency in food operations, ensures regulatory compliance, improves operational efficiency and strengthens food safety culture.
IntelliConsult is a seamless combination of innovative technologies and cloud-based data management which allows different data streams to converge into one single platform and deliver multi-layered, interactive reporting. By collecting accurate, structured and continuous data, monitoring and measuring the critical control points in daily operations, food business operators now gain actionable insights that can help improve training and operations, reduce risk and deliver an even better customer experience.
The IntelliConsult modular suite of digital food safety and quality solutions includes: Food Safety and Temperature Monitoring, Hand Hygiene Compliance, Auditing tools, Training, In-Store Traceability, Laboratory Analysis and a Library.
The In-Store Traceability module enables retailers to manage in-store inventory by department and by product category and track the product through the store to the end consumer, whether it is transferring legacy data to products which are re-portioned or transferring data from all ingredients from products processed in store. This system makes potential risks very transparent and it makes it easy to manage product rotation and expiry dates more effectively. It helps reduce waste, increase margins, deliver higher quality products for consumers and maintain ongoing regulatory compliance.
“We are excited that this next generation solution meets a clear and important current need for our customers,” said Sergio Pupkin, VP Marketing Diversey Care. “Replacing overwhelming and un-scalable paper tracking and reporting with digital processes and tools will help them drive improvements not only in food safety but also in their overall quality of operations.”
iCertainty, a leading provider of transformational digital HACCP and other food safety solutions, is a key partner and technology provider for three key modules of the IntelliConsult platform: Food safety monitoring, Auditing and In-store Traceability.
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| Sales Manager, Diversey Care, UAE Food Service & Retail Lead, Diversey Care, MEA | |||||||
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