# Assessment 1

#### A pharmaceutical company discovers that several batches of its medicine have been contaminated. In their traditional system, it takes 10 days to identify the source of the issue, during which contaminated products continue to be sold.

If the company had been using a blockchain-based traceability system, what would be the most immediate advantage in addressing this problem?<br>

* [ ] It would hide the contamination data to protect the company’s reputation
* [x] It would allow instant identification of the contaminated batch and its origin
* [ ] It would increase the need for third-party investigation
* [ ] It would delay reporting until all affected parties are contacted


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