SpartanNash today announced its launch of the ReposiTrak Traceability Network, a food traceability program that advances efforts to create a safer, more transparent supply chain, according to the company.
Hundreds of its suppliers who harvest or handle products on the FDA’s Food Traceability List are now required to exchange traceability data with SpartanNash and the thousands of retailers served by the company.
"From a food safety perspective, there is tremendous value in knowing exactly where each product and ingredient has been before it reaches our shelves and consumers," said SpartanNash vice president of environmental health and safety, Greg Molloy, in a statement. "This technology enables us to collect and, more importantly, exchange this information for every affected shipment in a highly efficient manner. SpartanNash is proud to make investments such as these as part of our broader environmental, social and governance (ESG) efforts."
The SpartanNash global supply chain network serves wholesale customers that include independent and chain grocers, national retail brands, ecommerce platforms, and U.S. military commissaries and exchanges.
Additionally, SpartanNash supplies its own brick-and-mortar stores, pharmacies and fuel centers. The company selected ReposiTrak for its ease of use, transparency, ability to enable faster and more precise recalls, as well as its insights that will help reduce food waste, it said. The company and its suppliers are now part of the world's largest compliance and risk management network spanning more than 110,000 facility connections in more than 100 countries.
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