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SIKO Products Asia Pte. Ltd. was established in 2013 in Singapore to handle the distribution and technical support for customers and distributors especially in the Southeast Asian region. The company is the newest addition to Germany-based SIKO’s global subsidiaries.  The SIKO team at ProPak Asia 2018. Mr Jacky Tan is fourth from left. (Photo: Ringier) In the following video , FoodPacific Manufacturing Journal asked Jacky Tan, general manager for SIKO Products Asia, to explain how the company's system solution for changeover works, and note the ease of use designed into this semi-automated equipment.  Watch the VIDEO : SIKO system solution for changeover

The DNA approach to tracking food

Considering that the consumption of food directly correlates with health and safety issues, there is a growing awareness of the importance of food origins and processing details in this day and age. The ability to track and trace food and all other substances that will eventually be consumed through all stages of their production, processing and distribution is known as food traceability[i], and is being increasingly recognised as a crucial component of the food and beverage industry when it comes to identifying and responding to food-related health risks to protect public health. The value of food traceability especially lies in the fact that if any sort of contamination or other concern detrimental to human health emerges along the food processing, production and distribution chain, the presence of traceability measures will allow food manufacturers and/or health authorities to determine the source of the issue, identify and isolate it to prevent spread, as well as take other neces