Subscribe to our newsLegislation sets stage for "end-to-end" traceability in U.S. food supply chains
Washington, D.C. - Brian Cute, Vice President of Discovery Services for Afilias, today issued the following statement in response to the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health markup of food safety legislation, titled "H.R. 2749, Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009."
"Today's markup of H.R. 2749 signals a 
significant commitment by the U.S. Congress to overhaul and strengthen our food safety system and restore consumer confidence. It is time to modernize our 20th century system to meet the needs and demands of a 21st century food supply. The food traceability provisions and technology pilots proposed in this legislation will set the stage for the establishment of a U.S. system to trace foods from ‘farm to fork,' enable food safety agencies to conduct targeted recalls, and ultimately achieve true ‘end to end' traceability within our food supply chains. We urge the Congress to quickly move this legislation forward to protect consumers and bring much needed reform to the U.S. food safety system."
For more information on this pending legislation, visit the Subcommittee on Health website.
For more information about Afilias Discovery Services or to speak with Brian Cute, please contact David Mayorga at 202-683-3118 or dmayorga@qorvis.com
About Afilias
Afilias is a global provider of Internet infrastructure services that connect people to their data. Afilias' reliable, secure, scalable, and globally available technology supports a wide range of applications including Internet domain registry services, Managed DNS, and services in the RFID and supply chain market with its Afilias Discovery Service. For additional information please visit http://www.afilias.info/.
About Afilias Discovery Services
Afilias Discovery Services is a standards-based hosted registry service providing true end-to-end traceability. ADS allows you to securely and selectively share "track and trace" information. Fully interoperable and identifier agnostic, with ADS you can conduct surgically precise product recalls, improving consumer safety and confidence while reducing business impacts. For additional information visit www.afilias.info/ads
