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Production batch traceability

In food-industry packaging, traceability is not an add-on. It is a condition for process safety, accurate declarations and fast handling of complaints and audits. At AS-INTER-BOX, batch tracking is built into production and logistics.

1. Production order number on every batch

Every order receives a unique production order number. The number is printed on the product / production batch (in a technological location), so that:

  • the batch can be unambiguously identified from the product itself,
  • swapping or "adding" a foreign batch becomes practically impossible without leaving a trace,
  • identification in a complaint does not rely on verbal declarations or collective labels.

2. Label on every parcel: order number + parcel number

Each parcel is marked with a label containing:

  • the production order number,
  • the sequential parcel number within that order (e.g. 12/48).

This gives full accountability of packing and shipping: it is clear which parcel is which, without "estimating" by weight or volume.

3. Internal IT system: raw materials, quantities, pallets

The internal system records materials based on external purchase orders and delivery documents. For raw materials we maintain, among others:

  • weight and quantity (e.g. number of sheets),
  • identification of the delivery / external order,
  • pallet numbers (and the link pallet → raw material → order),
  • material consumption within a specific order.

Result: the path "finished product → order → parcel → raw material used → specific delivery/pallet" can be reconstructed.

4. EUDR readiness: linking paper to raw-material origin

EUDR emphasises traceability to the plot/area of raw-material origin (geolocation of the place where the wood raw material was produced), not "general" declarations.

In practice, readiness means being able to indicate — for a specific production order — which paper was used and which origin identifiers it is linked to in the supply chain (batch/delivery identifiers and origin data provided by the paper supplier, including plot geolocation where applicable).

Effective dates: The requirements start to apply (according to the current deadlines published by the European Commission) from 30 December 2026 for large and medium operators and from 30 June 2027 for micro and small operators.

Updated: 4 February 2026