Norway’s Ministry of Agriculture and Food has obtained EUR6m (US$8.8m) in funding to develop an e-tracking system that will make it easier to remove unsafe food from the market and shop shelves.
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The project will start in February, with the expectation that a new system will be in place during the last quarter of the year.
The e-tracking project emerged from a series of national food scandals where consumers fell ill after eating e-coli-contaminated meats in 2006 and 2007.
Consumer foods groups, including Gilde, paid out compensation, in some instances amounting to EUR30,000 per individual, to affected consumers.
“Everything we have done since the e-coli outbreaks of 2006 has been directed at forming a solid collaboration between all players in the food production and supply chain. The e-tracking system will provide a structure that will serve as an early warning system for corrupted foods,” said Agriculture and Food Minister Terje Riis-Johansen.
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