March 18, 2008

BASF announces full traceability on its ingredients

The BASF Nutrition Ingredients business unit has developed a method that gives full traceability of its ingredients to feed and food manufacturers.

Christoph Gunther of BASF said that the company's Sustainability, Eco-Efficiency and Traceability (SET) initiative allows feed and food manufacturers to trace exactly which ingredients were used and which conditions applied in the manufacture of a product.

SET is based on the eco-efficiency analysis of Technical Standards Organization (TuV), a body that conducts technical safety checks, especially those specified by national laws or regulations.

Gunther said that the data generated in eco-efficiency analysis of the products are available to the customers from the feed and food industry as required so the customers can see any time whether and to what extent the starting materials they use to manufacture their products are sustainable.

The data are accessible to all customers anywhere in the world via Global Traceability Network (GTNet), a global platform used in the food industry for targeted sharing of product information material.

BASF's Nutrition Ingredients business unit is a leading supplier of food ingredients and feed additives.

BASF is the world's leading chemical company. Its portfolio ranges from oil and gas to chemicals, plastics, performance products, agricultural products and fine chemicals.