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TraceMap uses AI to cross-reference the EU's existing RASFF and TRACES food-safety databases so all 27 member states can trace contamination and fraud across agri-food supply chains in minutes rather than days. A prototype already helped trace a cereulide-contaminated baby-formul
TraceMap is an AI platform built by the European Commission that lets food-safety authorities in all 27 EU member states cross-reference two existing systems, RASFF (the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed) and TRACES (the Trade Control and Expert System), to spot contamination patterns, trace supplier networks across borders, and flag likely fraud in minutes instead of days.
European countries reported 6,558 food-borne outbreaks in 2024, up 14.5% year-on-year; TraceMap responds to that trend by making the EU's already-mandatory trade and alert data usable for near-real-time pattern detection instead of manual cross-checking.
A prototype version was used during 2026 investigations into infant formula made with cereulide-contaminated arachidonic acid (ARA) oil sourced from China, helping investigators trace the supply chain faster. The Commission has not yet published detection-rate, accuracy, or false-positive figures, so its measured impact beyond this one documented case remains unverified.
Read the full analysis: https://www.newfoodmagazine.com/european-commission-launches-ai-tracemap-tool-to-combat-food-fraud-and-outbreaks/2134512.article
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