System and method for identifying a food event, tracking the food product, and assessing risks and costs associated with intervention
First Claim
1. A system adapted to monitor contamination incidents in a product distribution chain, the system comprising:
- a product distribution database containing physical distribution data related to a flow of products in commerce; and
a modeling system adapted to model an evolving contamination incident according to the physical distribution data in the product distribution database.
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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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20 Claims
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1. A system adapted to monitor contamination incidents in a product distribution chain, the system comprising:
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a product distribution database containing physical distribution data related to a flow of products in commerce; and a modeling system adapted to model an evolving contamination incident according to the physical distribution data in the product distribution database. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A system adapted to monitor contamination incidents in a product distribution chain, the system comprising:
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a product distribution database containing commercial distribution data related to a flow of products in commerce; and a modeling system adapted to model an evolving contamination incident according to the commercial distribution data in the product database. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system adapted to model contamination incidents in a product distribution chain, the system comprising:
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a product database containing commercial distribution data related to a physical distribution of products in commerce; and a modeling system adapted to model an evolving contamination incident according to the commercial distribution data in the product database and based on selected parameters. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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