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

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
Canonical identifier: https://veratrace.xyz/ontology#Lot