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Glossary

Audit Trail

An immutable, time-stamped record of every operationally significant action taken in a regulated cannabis facility — who did what, when, on which object, and (where required) with which witness — that can be produced on demand during an inspection.

Also called: audit log,activity log,inspection record

What an audit trail is in cannabis

An audit trail is the recorded history of every action that affects regulated activity — taken by either a system or a human. It's how operators answer the inspector's question "show me what happened on the third Tuesday of last month" with evidence, not memory.

A defensible audit trail is:

  • Immutable — events cannot be edited or deleted after the fact
  • Time-stamped — accurate to the second, ideally to a single trusted clock
  • Attributed — tied to a specific user identity, not a shared login
  • Retained — for the period the state requires (typically 3–7 years)

What it must cover

  • SOP acknowledgments and version changes
  • Inventory movements and reconciliation actions
  • Inspections, violations, and corrective actions
  • Access events for restricted areas
  • Training completions and expirations
  • Document uploads, revisions, and access

Why it matters to compliance

Most violation findings come down to "you couldn't prove the thing you said happened." A complete audit trail is the difference between a clean inspection and a fine. Verdaxi treats the audit trail as a first-class artifact — every state change in the platform is recorded, attributed, time-stamped, and exportable for inspector review.

Compliance is the entry point. The platform is the destination.

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