System and method for identifying a food event, tracking the food product, and assessing risks and costs associated with intervention
First Claim
1. A method for modeling a product contamination incident, the method comprising:
- receiving a product type to be modeled, the product type associated with product distribution data stored in a distribution database;
receiving a response time value related to an expected amount of time before a health department is made aware of the contamination incident; and
modeling statistically the product contamination incident as an evolving contamination event.
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Abstract
The food safety system and method of the present invention provides a comprehensive consumer risk distribution model, which can be applied to any food item. Additionally, the present invention automatically evaluates consumer risk based on how much contaminated food is at each stage of the food distribution process according to the consumer risk distribution model, allowing for quick and accurate determinations as to the efficacy of a trace recall effort. A further element of the present invention provides expert analysis of data to detect and identify food events from sporadic information. Finally, the real time detection system provides early warning data in order to intercept isolated food contamination events before the contaminated food products reach the consuming public.
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1. A method for modeling a product contamination incident, the method comprising:
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receiving a product type to be modeled, the product type associated with product distribution data stored in a distribution database;
receiving a response time value related to an expected amount of time before a health department is made aware of the contamination incident; and
modeling statistically the product contamination incident as an evolving contamination event. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system adapted to model a product contamination incident, the system comprising:
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a product distribution database containing distribution data related to a flow of products in a stream of commerce, the distribution data being related to particular products;
a modeling software system adapted to receive a selected contamination type and a selected product type, and to model a probable contamination incident distribution within a stream of commerce based on the distribution data and on the selected contamination type and the selected product type; and
a user interface adapted to display the distribution data to provide user interaction options to a user. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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