2. Why undertake a traceability initiative?

The main factors leading to the implementation of a traceability approach are :

regulatory requirements: food safety, health safety (health, pharmaceuticals), etc. ;
prevention of counterfeiting and falsification ;
improving competitiveness;
value creation.

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Cost and return on investment

Economic data

The French market for human identification techniques – or biometrics – broke down as follows in 2006 (source APS magazine):

fingerprint: 48% ;
facial morphology: 12% ;
palm imprint: 11% ;
iris: 9% ;
voice recognition: 6%.

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References

(1) - DESSENNE (G.A.) - RFID : règlements et standards. - DATACollection, oct. 2005.
(2) - - DATACollection n° 19, juil. 2005.
(3) - STOCKMAN (H.) -...

Standardization

Technical prevention and deterrence in the fight against counterfeiting (protection of intellectual property rights) – Specification of a generic framework describing product authentication, traceability and control arrangements dedicated to anti-counterfeiting - AC Z60-100 - 02-06
Quality management systems – Basic principles and vocabulary - ISO 9000 - 2005
Management environnemental (série de normes) - ISO 14000...

Regulations

Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of January 28, 2002 laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety, OJ L31, 1 ^er December 2002.

Directive 2002/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council...