DelVal Leads International Food Project

DOYLESTOWN, Pa. — Recognizing the need for ongoing development of methods to protect the nation’s food supply and its role in educating the next generation of food industry leaders, Delaware Valley College has taken the lead academic role in an international trial.

Participants aim to help food exporters in Australia track food from farms to supermarket shelves and food service outlets in the United States using specialized software and then creating a template to instruct graduate students and the industry in best practices along the supply chain.

Known as the International Food Chain Integrity and Traceability Project, the program is designed to review, develop and test supply chain documentation systems using specialized software to improve the quality, safety, security and business efficiency of food export supply chains.

Overall, the goal is to investigate every aspect of the supply process from paddock to shop shelf and will involve Victorian, Australia producers of first beef and then dairy through to their commercial customers in Philadelphia and each regulator and transport and logistics supplier along the chain.

Outcomes are designed to protect and enhance the Australian food export business, to protect and enhance food security in the U.S. market and to increase international food chain efficiency.