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Provenance and Traceabilitypaper12

Information loss as a core traceability failure

Key claim

Information loss across handoffs is a documented weakness of traceability systems.

Evidence summary

Food Control analysis identifies significant data degradation and continuity gaps with practical safety and economic implications.

Why it matters for Terroir

Terroir should prioritize evidence continuity across actors and documents rather than maximal data collection.

Sources

Food Control (2022): information loss in traceability