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Most common occasions for demanding records of receipts and shipments in the food industry in Japan as of November 2022

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Release date

March 2023

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Region

Japan

Survey time period

October to November, 2022

Number of respondents

1,492 businesses

Special properties

businesses that stated to have a food tracing system in place

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

Original question: “What kind of benefits were gained from preserving records of receipts and shipments of goods?”

Multiple answers possible.

The records of receipts include records such as the “receipt date,” “recipient,” “item name,” and “quantity” of incoming raw materials or purchased goods and ingredients. The records of shipments include records such as the “shipment date,” “destination,” “item name,” and “quantity” of products.

The methods of preservation include entry into “ledgers” or other accounting books, electronic data on computers, as well as documents provided by suppliers or recipients such as “delivery slips” and “invoices,” and documents issued by transportation companies such as “shipping notes.”

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According to a survey conducted among food businesses in Japan in 2022, the most common occasion requiring records of receipts and shipments was to confirm the origin and destination and quantities of raw materials and products, with **** percent of respondents claiming that their food tracing systems were helpful in these occasions. Following closely behind were occasions in which the business had to handle inquiries and complaints, and for inventory management.