Dive Summary:

• The GFSI just wrapped up in Barcelona as the world's major food companies gathered to speak about the state of food safety.
• Amidst the European horse meat scandal, companies implored one another that cooperation and transparency are the key for a self governing, self regulating industry. 
• They focused particularly on the supply chain of companies, asking not for complete transparency, but at least the sharing of information when a supplier is not good or fails safety checks.

From the article:

The ongoing horse meat scandal in the European Union was an overarching concern at the conference, and
Overland highlighted the problem as another reason for industry to collaborate on food safety and traceability.

“Look at what is happening with the horse meat issue,” he said. “We are all affected. The industry’s reputation is affected. We need to work as an industry to police each other and help each other, to make sure we don’t have food safety failings anywhere.”le as that sharing might be.