Poland plans to implement a food passporting program

Nearly 70 percent of Poles buy food more consciously – they pay attention to the composition, appearance, quality, and origin of the product. The Polish Food Passporting pilot is to check the possibility of obtaining reliable information about food at every stage of the supply chain. The contract for the project has just been signed by the National Center for Agricultural Support (KOWR) and the Scientific and Academic Computer Network (NASK). Consumers and producers will benefit from the solution, and exports may also increase.

On December 16, the Ministry of Agriculture signed an agreement on the pilot project of Polish Food Passporting. The system is to enable the identification of the agricultural history of potatoes, beef, and pork in the first place, to provide the recipients with reliable information about the products.

"The contract between KOWR and NASK concerns the implementation of the food passport project by NASK. This is a pilot program because it concerns potatoes, pork, beef, but it is an important contract due to the fact that consumers will be able to carefully check the quality of food, certifications, is it really what they buy is confirmed with reality. I think this is a good start and after the implementation of this agreement we will extend it to other food products," Henryk Kowalczyk, deputy prime minister, minister of agriculture and rural development, said.

(Newseria)