By Jin Jing
Kunshan Daily
“Produced inGanyu County ofLianyungang City, Jiangsu Province,killed at Kunshan designatedSlaughtering & Processing Center,sold at ZhouxiangWetMarket inZhangpuTown,Kunshan.”On the afternoon of Jan.21, Pan Rong,whohad justbought somemeat, swipedthe receipt fromthemeatvendorataterminal in ZhouxiangWetMarketand the above information showedup.All the information about livepigs, from going into swinery toslaughtering, and about vegetablesfrommarketentry, test to selling, isnow under control.With a receipt,consumers can trace back to theplace oforigin, quality, etc.of thefood.
The traceability systemismadeupofa systemplatformand an electronic traceability scale.There is suchdata as vendor’s name, entry time,batch number, traceability code, etc.on the platform.The platform willsend information viawireless network to the electronic traceabilityscale ateach and every stall, and thescalewill automatically generate abar code on each printed out receipt.With this receipt, consumers canfind out about the traceability information at the market informationterminal or the city’s food safetywebsite which can be accessedthrough computer, cell phone orHDTV.