- KDE Key Data Element FSMA 204
- Specific data points captured at each Critical Tracking Event under FSMA 204 - traceability lot code, date, location, quantity, and reference document number. KDEs are the rows in the FDA's sortable electronic record.
- CTE Critical Tracking Event FSMA 204
- Defined supply-chain moments - harvesting, cooling, initial packing, first land-based receipt, shipping, receiving, transformation - where KDEs must be captured under FSMA 204.
- TLC Traceability Lot Code FSMA 204
- Unique alphanumeric code assigned at initial packing, first land-based receipt, or transformation; identifies a specific lot end-to-end across the supply chain.
- FSMA 204 Food Safety Modernization Act, Section 204 USA
- FDA traceability rule for foods on the Food Traceability List. Requires KDE capture at every CTE, with sortable electronic records produced inside 24 hours of an FDA request.
- FTL Food Traceability List USA
- The FDA-published list of foods covered by FSMA 204 - soft cheeses, shell eggs, leafy greens, sprouts, melons, peppers, nut butters, certain seafoods, ready-to-eat deli salads, fresh-cut produce.
- EU 1169 Food Information to Consumers Regulation EU
- EU Regulation 1169/2011. Defines allergen declaration, mandatory nutrition labelling, country-of-origin rules, font sizes, and distance-selling obligations for food businesses across the EU.
- FIC Food Information to Consumers EU
- The regulatory framework defined by EU 1169/2011. Often used interchangeably with "EU 1169" in industry.
- PPDS Prepacked for Direct Sale UK
- Food packed at the same premises where it is sold, before the customer asks for it. Subject to Natasha's Law - full ingredient list with 14 allergens emphasised.
- Natasha's Law UK
- Common name for the UK Food Information Amendment 2019. Since 1 October 2021, all PPDS food in the UK must carry a full ingredient list with the 14 EU allergens emphasised on the label.
- HACCP Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points Global
- Internationally recognised, structured approach to food safety. Required by EU Regulation 852/2004, retained UK food law, and FDA Hazard Analysis Risk-Based Preventive Controls. Built around 7 principles - hazard analysis, CCP identification, critical limits, monitoring, corrective actions, verification, and record-keeping.
- CCP Critical Control Point HACCP
- A step in the food production process where a hazard can be prevented, eliminated, or reduced to an acceptable level - cook temperature, cool-down time, sanitation cycle, allergen segregation.
- FSAI Food Safety Authority of Ireland Ireland
- The competent authority for food safety enforcement and policy in the Republic of Ireland.
- FSA Food Standards Agency UK
- The non-ministerial UK government department responsible for food safety in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland.
- EPCIS Electronic Product Code Information Services GS1 standard
- GS1 standard for capturing and sharing supply-chain visibility events. EPCIS 2.0 supports FSMA 204-aligned event records and is the industry-preferred format for cross-organisation traceability.
- GS1 Global Standards body Global
- Global standards organisation responsible for GTINs, GLNs, GS1-128 barcodes, and EPCIS. The reference identifier system across food, healthcare, and retail supply chains.
- GTIN Global Trade Item Number GS1
- Unique product identifier, encoded in barcodes and used across supply-chain systems. The retail-facing example most people recognise is the EAN/UPC barcode.
- GLN Global Location Number GS1
- Unique identifier for physical locations and parties in the supply chain. Required as a KDE field in FSMA 204-aligned records.
- GFSI Global Food Safety Initiative Global
- Industry-led benchmarking organisation for food safety certification schemes - including BRCGS, SQF, FSSC 22000, and IFS. A GFSI-recognised certification is widely required by major retailers and foodservice buyers.
- QUID Quantitative Ingredient Declaration EU 1169
- Requirement to declare the percentage of an ingredient when it appears in the product name, is highlighted on the label, or is essential to characterise the food.
- FOP Front of Pack labelling EU/UK
- Simplified nutrition information shown on the front of food packaging - Nutri-Score in much of continental Europe, the traffic light system in the UK.
- DPP Digital Product Passport EU
- Structured digital record holding a product's lifecycle data - composition, origin, sustainability metrics, compliance evidence. Mandatory under EU regulation for textiles and batteries first; food is the next adoption frontier.
- Allergen Matrix Operational
- Structured representation of which allergens are present, may-contain, or absent across all dishes in a menu or product range. The operational artefact behind compliant labelling and customer-facing allergen information.
- Recall Pulse GNV term
- GNV's targeted, sub-60-second identification of every downstream product and location affected by a contaminated lot, batch, or supplier.
- Four-Eyes Approval Operational
- Control pattern requiring two distinct authorised users to approve a critical action - allergen-affecting recipe change, supplier substitution, or production sign-off. GNV applies four-eyes approval to compliance-critical changes by default.
- Cryptographic Audit Trail Technical
- An append-only ledger where every entry is signed and chained to the previous one. Retrospective edits are visible, traceable, and cannot be hidden. The technical foundation of GNV's evidence model.