Batch
The pivot unit of traceability: a quantity of product from one production run, carrying an origin, dates, a current holder and possibly a parent batch. Attestations, passports and scans attach to the batch — not to the generic product.
Equivalents elsewhere
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What the blog says
- The Batch Number Is a Pineal Gland
Descartes separated thought and extension, then glued them back together with the pineal gland. Declarative traceability does the same thing with the batch number.
- Food traceability: the complete 2026 guide
Definition, regulatory obligations (EU, France), upstream and downstream traceability, digital tools, wine e-label, EUDR, AGEC: everything a producer or distributor needs to know in 2026.
Where it is implemented
types/veratrace.ts