Patent ID: 6892943
Filing Date: 2005-05-17
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A food product tracing system that traces food products coming from an original product and distributed along a distribution channel that has a plurality of stages at which material is processed to form a product, said system comprising: a storage that includes records created for every food product at every stage of processing, said records include first stage information for identifying the first stage at which the food product is processed, first time information that specifies a time period of processing at said first stage, second stage information for identifying the second stage at which the food product processed at said first stage is received as material and second time information that specifies the time period of processing at said second stage; and a processor that operates according to programs having a first process and a second process, said first process specifying a target record whose first stage information and first time information are coincident with the stage and the time at which said original product is processed, said second process specifying a new target record whose first stage information and first time information are coincident with the second stage information and the second time information of a previous target record, wherein said second process is repeated until a new target record cannot be specified.