Keeping the Food Chain Safe with Master Data Management

How Multi-domain Data Governance Works from Farm-to-Fork 

With the escalation of recalls in the food industry leaving a blizzard of regulation in its wake, it is becoming increasingly important that regulatory environments, legal restrictions or requirements, authorizations and accreditations, industry standard practices, and security over monitoring of activity is managed to ensure compliance - even as these mandates become increasingly difficult to understand, Implement or update.  Add cybersecurity risks, mix in consumer desire for transparency, then layer in the collection of consumer data collection and you’ve got a perfect storm of data management challenges across the food supply chain.

Examples of such complexity abound in the food industry:

Everyone is looking for precision in understanding nutrient content, compliance with governmental food safety, traceability and recall provisions, rules on naming of food (e.g., “homemade” or “organic), menu labeling, sell by…