See Optimizely Ticket #1713060

Problem: only a product with a deactivation date will ensure end-customer cannot add it to their cart via re-order functionality or saved lists. Our business have multiple websites (1 per country) and often a product that active in more than 1 country ends up being removed from country A, yet still published in country B.

Solution: have the product category assignment the source of truth. If a product is not published in at least 1 product category in site A, then it cannot be ordered or re-ordered in site A.