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The Mock Recall
The Mock Recall
The exercise that proves your traceability works before a real recall tests it.
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Why you run a mock recall before anyone makes you
What a mock recall proves — that you can trace a lot both ways and pull it from the market — and why an annual one is a mandatory clause, not a nice-to-have.
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Run a mock recall, step by step
A step-by-step walkthrough of a full mock recall — trace one lot back to every supplier input and forward to every customer shipment, reconcile the quantities, and document the timeline and the gaps.
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The 2-to-4-hour bar: what's required vs what's expected
Where the "trace a lot in 2 to 4 hours" recall-speed target really comes from — a customer and industry expectation, not an SQF clause — and how to set an internal goal you can defend.
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Recall vs withdrawal, and proving effectiveness
The real difference between a recall and a withdrawal, the removal steps a full mock recall rehearses beyond tracing, and how to prove with numbers that your product actually came back.