Patent ID: 8407103

Claim:
A system for allowing a customer to access tracing information related to an order of a commodity selected from a source lot, said system comprising: a server configured to store said tracing information in a central database, said tracing information including inspection information corresponding to the source lot of said order of said commodity including an inspection photograph or an inspection multi-media recording of said source lot of said commodity and at least one or more of sales information, shipping information, pack out information, and inventory information corresponding to said order of said commodity; one or more computing devices having one or more applications configured to enter said tracing information into said central database; said one or more computing devices further configured to link a code to said inspection photograph or said inspection multi-media recording, and to said at least one or more of sales information, shipping information, pack out information, and inventory information; and a web-based application configured to allow said customer to access said tracing information within said central database after said customer receives said commodity by entering the code into said web-based application, said web-based application comprising a web page to display a hyper-text markup language (HTML) link to access said inspection information, said inspection information comprising an inspection report that indicates a safety rating of said commodity.