- 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 Impact View GNV term
- Identifying the connected recipes, menus, ingredients and locations affected by a supplier, lot, or batch issue, using the links between ingredient and recipe records in GNV Food.
- Review & Approval Operational
- Control pattern where changes to recipes, allergen information, or published food information are reviewed and approved by an authorised user before they are published. Part of GNV Food's operational evidence workflow.
- Operational Evidence Record GNV term
- A structured, time-stamped record of recipe changes, ingredient updates, reviews, approvals, and published food information - protected against unauthorised alteration and exportable for management or audit-supporting use.