ROFDA wholesaler blends in food safety tracking platform

SALT LAKE CITY, USA: Park City Group announced the successful initiation of the "on-boarding" process for the suppliers of the fourth member of ROFDA (Retailer Owned Food Distributors & Associates), claimed here as, the largest cooperative of independent food wholesalers to the ReposiTrak system.

"The recent financial litigation settlements are driving change in the retail and wholesale community," noted Randall K. Fields, chairman & CEO of Park City Group, "adoption of the ReposiTrak food safety tracking and tracing platform by a fourth ROFDA wholesaler continues to enforce that food wholesalers recognize the need for increased transparency in their food supply chain."

The announcement says: Powered by Park City Group's technology, ReposiTrak helps manage regulatory, financial and brand risk associated with issues of food safety in the global food supply chain. ReposiTrak enables grocery warehouses, supermarkets, packaged goods manufacturers, food processing facilities, drug stores and drug manufacturers, as well as logistics partners, to track and trace products and components throughout the food, drug and dietary supplement supply chains. In addition, the technology addresses the market need of receiving, storing, sharing, and maintaining regulatory documentation all in one convenient location. ReposiTrak reduces risk in the supply chain by identifying backward chaining sources and forward chaining recipients of products in near real time.

Glendale, Alabama -based ROFDA is a cooperative established in 1962 to promote and support the retailer-owned distribution segment of the food industry. ROFDA members represent 20 per cent of the supermarket industry and nearly 50,000 suppliers, as added in the note.