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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">The term product </span></span><a href="http://www.safesourcing.com/KnowledgeCenter/SafeSourcingWiki/SafeSourcingWikiST/tabid/100/topic/Traceability/language/en-US/Default.aspx"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">traceability</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"> is the ability to identify and track a </span></span><a href="http://www.safesourcing.com/KnowledgeCenter/SafeSourcingWiki/SafeSourcingWikiOR/tabid/99/topic/Product/language/en-US/Default.aspx"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">product</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"> to its point of origin. The point of origin may be a sub </span></span><a href="http://www.safesourcing.com/KnowledgeCenter/SafeSourcingWiki/SafeSourcingWikiOR/tabid/99/topic/Product/language/en-US/Default.aspx"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">product</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">, production line, herd, farm, or </span></span><a href="http://www.safesourcing.com/KnowledgeCenter/SafeSourcingWiki/SafeSourcingWikiST/tabid/100/topic/Supplier/language/en-US/Default.aspx"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">supplier</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">. </span></span><a href="http://www.safesourcing.com/KnowledgeCenter/SafeSourcingWiki/SafeSourcingWikiST/tabid/100/topic/Traceability/language/en-US/Default.aspx"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Traceability</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"> provides a means of identifying the </span></span><a href="http://www.safesourcing.com/KnowledgeCenter/SafeSourcingWiki/SafeSourcingWikiOR/tabid/99/topic/Product/language/en-US/Default.aspx"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">products</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"> or parts of </span></span><a href="http://www.safesourcing.com/KnowledgeCenter/SafeSourcingWiki/SafeSourcingWikiOR/tabid/99/topic/Product/language/en-US/Default.aspx"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">products</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"> for recall in the case of </span></span><a href="http://www.safesourcing.com/KnowledgeCenter/SafeSourcingWiki/SafeSourcingWikiCD/tabid/95/topic/Consumer/language/en-US/Default.aspx"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">consumer</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">  safety issues, such as </span></span><a href="http://www.safesourcing.com/KnowledgeCenter/SafeSourcingWiki/SafeSourcingWikiEG/tabid/96/topic/Food%20Borne%20Illness/language/en-US/Default.aspx"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">food borne illness</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"> outbreaks. In the </span></span><a href="http://www.safesourcing.com/KnowledgeCenter/SafeSourcingWiki/SafeSourcingWikiOR/tabid/99/topic/Retail%20Industry/language/en-US/Default.aspx"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">retail industry</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">, </span></span><a href="http://www.safesourcing.com/KnowledgeCenter/SafeSourcingWiki/SafeSourcingWikiST/tabid/100/topic/Traceability/language/en-US/Default.aspx"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">traceability</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"> has typically been one forward one back which is no longer considered acceptable by many.</span></span></p>
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