A system and method for tracking and tracing items that in one aspect comprises generating a group of unique codes, where {HEAD ~ a unique code} is {TAIL ~ a unique encrypted reference}, transferring the group of unique codes to an item marking location, marking items with the unique codes 
A system and method for tracking and tracing items that in one aspect comprises generating a group of unique codes , where { HEAD ~ a unique code } is { TAIL ~ a unique encrypted reference } , transferring the group of unique codes to an item marking location , marking items with the unique codes
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