We protected our client’s proprietary information while ensuring transparency in food safety

Due to an imminent regulatory change in the food & crop protection industry, the European Food and Safety Association (EFSA) will increase transparency toward the general public by publishing their documents. Companies that make submissions to the EFSA for approval of their active ingredients are allowed to redact such published documents to protect individuals, such as study authors, or critical business intelligence based on a list of justifications that must be included with the submission. Therefore, the business challenge is finding a lean and scalable solution to the redaction process.

We developed a proof of concept including primary market research for existing solutions and shortlisting potential solutions for our client. Based on the scalability requirements, we chose a machine learning-based redaction solution that automatically scans a document for sensitive data and triggers a redaction suggestion.