Trace Register & Wholechain Achieve Interoperability at Scale

Trace Register and Wholechain announced a development for the seafood industry: interoperability between two different traceability systems based on Global Dialogue on Seafood Traceability (GDST) compatibility standards. These collaborative efforts are an advance in the industry’s ability to meet regulatory compliance, including the needs of the Seafood Import Monitoring Program (SIMP) and the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Rule 204, according to the  companies. Improved traceability also helps to fulfill increasing consumer demands for end-to-end traceability.

“Interoperability is like email,” says Jayson Berryhill, cofounder of Wholechain. “You don't ask someone which email provider they use, and you aren't forced to maintain multiple email accounts so that you can send an email to each of your friends using different providers. You just send an email, and without knowing it, you see interoperability standards at work (yes, Gmail, Outlook and others use a common standard). In the seafood industry, that common standard is GDST. GDST enables suppliers to seamlessly send data to their buyers using the GDST-enabled traceability system of their choice.”