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FISHMONGER™ adds USDA COOL (Country of Origin Labeling) and MOP (Method of Production) compliance

Update - April 4, 2005: Are you ready for COOL?  USDA enforcement begins April 5, 2005.  Act now to use Fishmonger™ and protect your valuable business.

August 12, 2004 -- Disc Design & Data (DDD) announces immediate availability of USDA Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) and Method of Production (MOP) compliance in FISHMONGER™ Seafood Distribution Software.

COOL and MOP information storage and retrieval have been seamlessly integrated to the FISHMONGER™ inventory and lot files, and to all transaction files.  The user may select COOL and MOP data for all transactions.

Advanced record keeping control in FISHMONGER™ automatically tracks and maintains COOL and MOP data throughout the system with easy data retrieval in all display and reporting modules.  COOL and MOP information are retained in all historical transaction files for a minimum of 2 years.

COOL and MOP data are automatically applied to all purchase orders, sales orders, and sales invoices.  The data is always printed on all documents to insure maximum safety and USDA compliance for your organization.

DDD consulted with numerous industry leading seafood distributors and processors during development of its' COOL and MOP program to insure implementation would meet the needs of the seafood industry as well as satisfy USDA requirements.

DDD chose the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 3166 country code table for use in FISHMONGER™ in order to insure the most accurate and acceptable method for COOL data coding.

During our meetings with seafood industry leaders in the United States it became clear that early implementation of COOL and MOP programs will give those companies a distinct advantage over companies that delay implementation.  For this reason DDD has added COOL and MOP data collection to FISHMONGER™ to give our customers the maximum early advantage over their competitors.

Accurate and flexible record keeping are integral to the successful implementation of COOL and MOP compliance.

October 4, 2004 -- USDA announces COOL enforcement dates.  USDA will begin enforcement of COOL on April 5, 2005.  All regulated items must comply with COOL requirements if they are caught or harvested after December 6, 2004.