Japan first implemented this system for cattle. When consumers buy beef at their local supermarket, they can run a barcode on the package through an in-store computer which then provides detailed information about the animal from which the meat was cut: its sex; its birth date; the area in which it was raised; its producer; and its BSE test certificate.
日本的生產履歷首先就從牛隻做起，消費者只要在超市買牛肉，就可以在陳列櫃旁的電腦刷入條碼，螢幕立即顯示牛肉的「性別、出生年月日、飼養地、生產者、牛海綿樣腦病變檢查的證明書」等資訊。