Track and Trace: Draft Senate Bill Requires Unit-level System In 10 Years; House Opts For Study
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
The difference in approach to unit-level tracing underscores the difficulty supporters of a national track-and-trace program face in gaining final approval of a bill before manufacturers go too far down the road in implementing a California pedigree law that goes into effect in 2015.
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