2. Traceability: for what type of company?

2.1 Preconceived ideas and reality

One might have thought that since the Perrier "affair" in 1982, which forced the company to destroy 250 million bottles, food companies would have put in place measures to protect them from such disasters. But this textbook case was followed by others: Coca-Cola cans and listeria problems with cheese.

It was with the appearance of "mad cow disease" and the fall in beef consumption that traceability became a permanent necessity in the food industry.

From the cases cited above, one might hastily deduce that traceability only concerns large multinationals or companies linked to the agri-food sector. However, this is not the case, and the numerous crises involving small and medium-sized businesses have led...