It aims, for example, at enabling to easily check whether information displayed on a label etc. attached to a food product is reliable or not. First, a producer 402 registers an ingredient analysis result of a food product. A terminal apparatus 400b of the producer 402 acquires a verification code verifying a production location and a shipment date and time of the food product, from a verification server apparatus 300, at the shipment of the food product. A storage part 202 of a food product trace apparatus 200 stores the verification code, shipment sender information indicating the producer 402, and registration information indicating whether the producer 402 has previously registered the ingredient analysis result of the food product, upon making the verification code, the shipment sender information, and the registration information mutually corresponding. Next, the producer 402 attaches a label displaying the verification code to the food product, and ships the food product. An output part 205 outputs information indicating the production location and the shipment date and time of the food product verified by the verification code inputted by an input part 203, and the shipment sender information and the registration information read by a read part 204.