Rainforest Alliance guidance Traceability document 2022 https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/RA-Traceability-Guidance.pdf
Traceability ensures that the Rainforest Alliance is able to follow a product from the brand owner back through the supply chain to a certified farm. Traceability is essential to ensure that products sold as certified comply with this promise. Traceability refers to the documentation that tracks the flows of certified volumes throughout the supply chain.