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IBM wins deal for food safety checks
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December 15, 2011, Thursday
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INTERNATIONAL Business Machines Corp, the world's largest computer-services company, has won a contract to build a food-monitoring system in China as the nation toughens supervision of food safety after scandals.
The system for Shandong Commercial Group Co will ensure the safety of pork products in the coastal province, Harriet Ip, a spokeswoman in Singapore for New York-based IBM, said in an e-mail yesterday. Financial terms weren't disclosed for the project to be completed in 2013.
The government in China, the world's largest pork consumer, said this month that it will revise laws to improve food safety after one person was sentenced to death and 77 others handed jail terms over meat harmed by an illegal additive. China has reported other food safety problems this year, including toxic fish, tainted bean sprouts and Sichuan peppercorns dyed with a coloring agent.
"Food supply-chain management technology and services is a big market," Ip said in the e-mail. "Demand for food safety products in China is expected to increase 15 percent per annum through 2013," when the market will reach 13 billion yuan (US$2 billion), she said.
IBM said its project is part of a 195 million yuan cold-supply chain that Shandong Province is building in line with China's efforts to improve food safety. The contract forms a "very small portion" of the project, which will have full monitoring and tracing capabilities, from farms to warehouses and retailers, Ip said.
Shandong Commercial has already tested IBM's food-monitoring system across the province, Ip said.
The system for Shandong Commercial Group Co will ensure the safety of pork products in the coastal province, Harriet Ip, a spokeswoman in Singapore for New York-based IBM, said in an e-mail yesterday. Financial terms weren't disclosed for the project to be completed in 2013.
The government in China, the world's largest pork consumer, said this month that it will revise laws to improve food safety after one person was sentenced to death and 77 others handed jail terms over meat harmed by an illegal additive. China has reported other food safety problems this year, including toxic fish, tainted bean sprouts and Sichuan peppercorns dyed with a coloring agent.
"Food supply-chain management technology and services is a big market," Ip said in the e-mail. "Demand for food safety products in China is expected to increase 15 percent per annum through 2013," when the market will reach 13 billion yuan (US$2 billion), she said.
IBM said its project is part of a 195 million yuan cold-supply chain that Shandong Province is building in line with China's efforts to improve food safety. The contract forms a "very small portion" of the project, which will have full monitoring and tracing capabilities, from farms to warehouses and retailers, Ip said.
Shandong Commercial has already tested IBM's food-monitoring system across the province, Ip said.
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