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British Columbia businesses are strengthening food security and food safety by adopting new traceability technology with funding from the governments of Canada and British Columbia.Traceability systems help build consumer confidence making it possible to track the movement of food through production processing and distribution. This information can be used to protect public health by limiting the spread of foodborne illness strengthen brand reputation and help businesses run more efficiently.For sisters Emma and Jenna Davison dairy farming is in their blood. Their family has been farming in Maple Ridge since 1902. To honour their agricultural roots while creating their own legacy the Davisons created Golden Ears Cheesecrafters. Milk for their products is sourced from their uncles jersey cows next door and is used to produce 12 varieties of artisan cheese and butter for British Columbia consumers.The journey of each variety of cheese sold in their store is captured through a traceability system. From the milk produced in their uncles farm to the cheese made and sold in store this system helps document the journey.The Davisons recently made the shift from a manual paper-based system to a real-time digital system with 6500 in funding from the British Columbia Traceability Adoption Program. With the funding the sisters were able to modernize their existing system which has decreased paperwork reduced labour costs and allowed them to focus on improving the quality of their products while looking at ways to expand their operation all while building more confidence in their products with consumers.British Columbias traceability programs are supported by the Canadian Agricultural Partnership which is a federal-provincial-territorial initiative to strengthen the agriculture agrifood and agri-based product sector.QuotesBy modernizing their traceability system from paper-based to digital Golden Ears Cheesecrafters is able to focus on what they do best while ensuring the quality of their product from farm to table. Our Government will continue to support important initiatives such as this that help strengthen food safety and ensure consumer confidence in Canadian food products at home and abroad.- The Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau federal Minister of Agriculture and Agri-FoodFamily businesses like Golden Ears Cheesecrafters share their stories through the food they create. Our government is commited to helping businesses share the story of food from farm to table and traceability systems help to do that. Strengthening these systems demonstrates how companies are working to keep local food safe and accessible to consumers.- Lana Popham British Columbias Minister of Agriculture Food and FisheriesAs a small cheese manufacturer weve had to make a lot of our own systems for controlling inventory. Using technology to make our traceability system more efficient and effective was something we needed to do. This funding helped us rethink how we do traceability allowing us to track products much faster with our upgraded system.- Jenna Davison Co-owner Golden Ears Cheesecrafters
