Food Link Partners with Sun World International to Increase Traceability


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Mon. April 1st, 2013

<p style="text-indent:0px; line-height:12px;"><span style="font-weight:bold;line-height:130%"> Los Gatos, CA</span><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">By Eric Anderson<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">4.2.13</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>Foodlink announced that Sun World International LLC will use the company’s item-level traceability solution on seedless grapes and sweet peppers produced and sold in the U.S. <img src="https://cdn.andnowuknow.com/legacyWriterImages/sunworld-cropped.jpg" alt="APRIL 2 2013 - IMAGES" />The company plans to expand to all other fruits and vegetables produced and sold in the U.S.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">With over 10 million cartons of produce shipped annually, the company is one of the world’s largest growers, packers, breeders and marketers of table grapes.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">FoodLink will identify product details and record information such as growing location and lot number across a range of packaging types and items, including all clamshells and bags. Consumers will then be able to scan a QR code any Sun World product to learn about its origin.</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p><img class="small-cropped-image" src="https://cdn.andnowuknow.com/legacySmallCroppedImages/claudio-olave-headshot.jpg" alt="APRIL 2 2013 - IMAGES" /> “We are happy to be working with FoodLink on this important project, which will give Sun World a distinct market advantage in terms of food safety and production technology,” said Claudio Olave, Director of Innovation and Special Projects, Sun World International.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><a class="btn btn-sm btn-primary col-lg-12" style="white-space: normal;" href="http://www.foodlink.net/" target="_new">Foodlink </a></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">