Inspection
According to ISO IEC 17000, inspection is defined as:
- “The examination of a product design, product, process or installation and the determination of its conformity with specific requirements or, based on professional judgement with general requirements”.
- Inspection is often conducted on consignments, for example import inspection, to ensure that the entire consignment is equivalent to the product sample tested.
- Institutions involved in conducting inspections include general inspection agencies; import inspection agencies (both private and public).

Traceability is the capability to verify the history, location, or application of an item by means of documented recorded identification. It includes the capability (and implementation) of keeping track of a given set or type of information to a given degree, or the ability to chronologically interrelate uniquely identifiable entities in a way that is verifiable.