On Tuesday 10 March, the European Commission presented TraceMap, a new artificial intelligence platform designed to improve food safety in the European Union.
The main aim of this initiative is to accelerate the detection of food fraud, contaminated food and foodborne disease outbreaks across the EU, while complying with the EU’s strict food safety standards. It will also enable national authorities to act more quickly and effectively in the face of risks.
TraceMap offers a number of innovative features:
Improved food safety risk assessments by streamlining access and analysing critical data;
Rapid identification of links between operators and consignments;
Monitoring of the entire agri-food supply chain, once a risk is identified, enabling faster recalls of unsafe or fraudulent products;
Leveraging of existing data: using EU databases to identify suspect operators and non-compliant products, without additional resources.
The platform is immediately accessible to all Member State authorities. It incorporates information from the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) and the Trade Control and Expert System (TRACES).
A pilot version has already supported the recall of contaminated infant milk formula containing ARA (arachidonic acid) oil imported from China (see EUROPE 13815/26, 13800/12).
TraceMap strengthens national measures to fight food fraud, fills gaps in food safety controls and improves the monitoring of imported products, according to the Commission.
For further details: https://aeur.eu/f/l3k (Original version in French by Lionel Changeur)