Seafood traceability solutions providers Trace Register and Wholechain recently announced that they have achieved interoperability between their two different traceability systems based on Global Dialogue on Seafood Traceability (GDST) compatibility standards. These collaborative efforts will further help industry meet compliance with the requirements of the Seafood Import Monitoring Program (SIMP) and the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Food Traceability Final Rule.
Jayson Berryhill, co-founder of Wholechain, explained that interoperability works like email, saying, “You do not ask someone which email provider they use, and you are not forced to maintain multiple email accounts so that you can send an email to each of your friends using different providers. You just send an email, and without knowing it, you see interoperability standards at work. In the seafood industry, that common standard is GDST. GDST enables suppliers to seamlessly send data to their buyers using the GDST-enabled traceability system of their choice.”