Food product trace apparatus, food product trace system, and food product trace method

Abstract

It aims, for example, at enabling to easily check whether information displayed on a label etc. attached to a food product is reliable or not. First, a producerregisters an ingredient analysis result of a food product. A terminal apparatusof the produceracquires a verification code verifying a production location and a shipment date and time of the food product, from a verification server apparatus, at the shipment of the food product. A storage partof a food product trace apparatusstores the verification code, shipment sender information indicating the producer, and registration information indicating whether the producerhas previously registered the ingredient analysis result of the food product, upon making the verification code, the shipment sender information, and the registration information mutually corresponding. Next, the producerattaches a label displaying the verification code to the food product, and ships the food product. An output partoutputs information indicating the production location and the shipment date and time of the food product verified by the verification code inputted by an input part, and the shipment sender information and the registration information read by a read part