Tracking the catch
 

Wholesaler, Legal design fish labels to ease tracking - Business - The Boston Globe


Legal Sea Foods’ wholesale division, Nor’Easter, will supply nearly all of the fresh fish marketed under Agar’s “Nautifish’’ brand, including haddock, cod, salmon, and tuna. Nor’Easter is creating a bar code label on each package that will include details such as when the seafood was caught, the name of the boat and captain, the region where the fish was caught, and when it was prepared for packaging.

Agar, which provides seafood to about 5,000 supermarkets, restaurants, and institutions across the region, launched the labeling program with Nor’Easter about three weeks ago. Trained seafood professionals follow the fish from the moment it is caught through the process of cutting and packing until it makes its way to Agar Supply and, ultimately, to restaurants and stores. Each catch is kept separately inside Nor’Easter’s facility in South Boston, and the bins they are stored in are marked with bar codes, allowing workers to track each species of fish, according to Agar.

This is also being done so in weird situations when it is improperly
prepared or stored they can identify the supplier to trace it back
to find who F'd up when there's
botulism ,salmonella or any other problem same with beef.