4. Glossary

N approach–1/N+1

Traceability concept designed to combine information concerning both the direct and direct-only suppliers, and the direct and direct-only customers, of a stakeholder.

See : Conseil national de l'alimentation, Avis sur la traçabilité des denrées alimentaires, Avis n° 28, June 28, 2001.

N-1 traceability is the set of procedures and tools implemented by a stakeholder in the food supply chain to identify direct suppliers and raw materials. N+1 traceability, on the other hand, concerns all the procedures and tools put in place by a stakeholder to identify direct customers and products supplied.

See: Conseil national de l'emballage, Emballages et traçabilité des produits, March 2015, p. 6.

Block chain/DEEP

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