{"id":9638,"date":"2020-05-21T06:59:38","date_gmt":"2020-05-21T10:59:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maplejet.com\/in\/?p=6531"},"modified":"2023-12-18T02:17:59","modified_gmt":"2023-12-18T07:17:59","slug":"printing-batch-number-lot-number","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maplejet.com\/in\/printing-batch-number-lot-number\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is Batch Number or Lot Number important in the Product’s Distribution Cycle?"},"content":{"rendered":"
Once the manufacturing process ends and the product is prepared for distribution, printing batch number or lot number, a component of product traceability, is one of the ways for manufacturers to exercise control in case the product is subjected to certain manufacturing issues such as contamination or failure of the product quality of a batch.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n Various regulatory boards such as the United States Food and Drug Administration (U.S. FDA) and Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) have instituted regulations and guidelines directing food manufacturers to include general safety and traceability information to ensure that the product is safe and to facilitate organized product recall when necessary.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n What is a batch or lot number?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n According to the Code of Federal Regulations of the Food and Drug Administration, \u00b9<\/span>\u201clot number or batch number can be any distinctive combination of letters, numbers or symbols, where the history of manufacture, processing, packaging, holding and distribution of batch or lot of drug product or other material can be determined.\u201d <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n