---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-23-010568"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WFCF"
cik: "0001360565"
company_name: "Where Food Comes From, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-04-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-17T06:51:00.085022+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Where Food Comes From invests in seafood traceability firm BlueTrace

## Summary
- WFCF made a minor equity investment in BlueTrace, a cloud-based seafood traceability company.
- BlueTrace has >350 customers, mostly in the shellfish industry, across most U.S. coastal states and Canadian provinces.
- BlueTrace recently completed an oversubscribed stock offering led by venture capital and angel investors.
- WFCF expects to collaborate with BlueTrace on seafood traceability, including the FishCARE sustainability standard.
- BlueTrace's solution helps comply with ISSC standards and the Food Safety Modernization Act expanding traceability.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-23-010568
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WFCF
- cik: 0001360565
- company_name: Where Food Comes From, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-04-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1360565/000149315223010568/0001493152-23-010568-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1360565/000149315223010568/form8-k.htm

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