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Five-phase timeline: a single register to start with, deliberate double entry, train then deploy, stop paper once the mock inspection is passed, and repeat the cycle on the next register.
Practical guidesProducersProcessors

Migrating from paper traceability to a digital tool: the method

Don’t switch everything over at once, keep paper as a safety net during the transition, and know where to start so you don’t burn out in the first month. The method for digitising traceability without a break.

Published on August 11, 2026Read the article →
Four horizontal bars on a weighting axis: signed batches over twelve months 30%, valid certifications 30%, profile completeness 20%, recency of activity 20%.
Practical guidesProducersDistributors

Transparency score: how it is calculated, and why it differs from a label

Profile completeness, signed batches, valid certifications, recency of activity: the four components of the transparency score, their weighting, and what it really measures — disclosure, not product quality.

Published on August 11, 2026Read the article →
Brown wax seal from the 12th century, still attached to its parchment by a leather tag, showing in relief a seated sovereign, surrounded by a partly worn circular legend
Practical guidesProducers

Seals and cryptographic time-stamping explained for non-specialists

Fingerprint, signature, anchoring: three technical words describing a simple idea — proving that a document existed in this precise form on a given date, without depending on the trust placed in whoever presents it.

Published on August 11, 2026Read the article →
Ripening cellar: thousands of Gruyère wheels lined up on wooden shelves
RegulationProducersPractical guides

Food traceability: the complete 2026 guide

Definition, regulatory obligations (EU, France), upstream and downstream traceability, digital tools, wine e-label, EUDR, AGEC: everything a producer or distributor needs to know in 2026.

Published on June 2, 2026Read the article →
Four cards: why a European customer approaches a supplier the regulation does not target, what it actually asks for, what it does not cost in tooling, and what changes if the material is processed before export.
EUDREU RegulationPractical guides

EUDR for an SME outside the EU: what an exporter must supply to its European customer

You are not subject to the EUDR as such, but your European customer is — and without what you supply, it cannot file its statement. What a European buyer actually asks for, and how to respond without an expensive system.

Published on August 11, 2026Read the article →
Illustration comparing an old iron safe with a combination mechanism and a modern secure USB key with a chip, evoking the evolution of security devices.
Practical guidesProducersProcessors

Traceability data security: what a supplier must guarantee

Who can see your data, where it is hosted, what happens in the event of a breach — the security guarantees to check before entrusting your traceability to a third-party tool, in non-technical language.

Published on August 11, 2026Read the article →
Six product families aligned on one temperature axis from −20 to +6 °C: for each, a solid bar runs to its maximum permitted threshold, then a hatched zone marks the out-of-range area — −18 °C for frozen goods, around 0 °C for fresh fish, 3 °C for offal, 4 °C for meat, dairy and cut vegetables
Field guidesPractical guidesDistributors

Proving your cold chain: what to measure, and how

Regulatory thresholds by product family, where to place sensors, how to alert before a break rather than record it afterwards — what an inspector looks at first, and the mistakes that invalidate a record.

Published on August 10, 2026Read the article →
Four penalty cards in increasing order of severity: a fine of at least 4% of turnover achieved in the Union, confiscation of products and revenues, exclusion from public procurement, temporary ban on placing on the market.
EUDREU RegulationPractical guides

EUDR: what a company risks in the event of non-compliance

Fines, confiscation, exclusion from public procurement, withdrawal from the market: the penalties provided for by the EUDR, who applies them in France, and how an inspection is triggered in practice.

Published on August 11, 2026Read the article →
Breakdown of a GS1 Digital Link address into three contiguous segments: the domain https://exemple.fr, then /01/03701234500014 for the GTIN, then /10/L2604-12 for the lot number, each accompanied by its role.
Field guidesPractical guidesProducers

Putting a traceability QR code on your product: the step-by-step guide

GTIN, GS1 Digital Link, minimum printable size, product page content, common mistakes: how to apply a traceability QR code that really works, from the first trial to the last carton.

Published on August 7, 2026Read the article →
Three columns: the Sentinel-2 programme and its characteristics, what the cross-check actually does, and — hatched in red — what it will not do, including telling an authorised felling from an illegal one.
EUDREU RegulationPractical guides

Sentinel-2 and satellite monitoring: how the EU checks an EUDR statement

The European Copernicus programme makes it possible to cross-check an EUDR statement against satellite images of the declared plot. How this check works, its real resolution, and what an operator can check for itself beforehand.

Published on August 11, 2026Read the article →
Two satellite images of the same plot in Mato Grosso, March 2021 and April 2022, with the forest edge pushed back in between
EUDRDeforestationEU Regulation

EUDR: what the anti-deforestation regulation changes for producers

Regulation (EU) 2023/1115: products covered (cocoa, coffee, wood, soy, palm oil, cattle, rubber), DDS obligations, geolocation, 2025 timeline, penalties of up to 4% of European turnover.

Published on June 1, 2026Read the article →