GS1 Ireland : US fresh food associations recommend GS standards

9 major US food associations announced their commitment to using GS1 standards for fresh food supply chain in a new industry roadmap.

The group endorses GS1 standards such as GS1 DataBar for item level products crossing point-of-sale, using GTIN and recommending all cases be marked with a GS1-128 bar code or RFID tags. The document was introduced and now supported by the GS1 Fresh Foods Work Group and serves as a global “call to industry action” to move the fresh foods industry sectors forward to implement GS1 standards.

The associations are as follows:

The Food Marketing Institute
American Lamb Board
International Dairy-Deli-Bakery Association
National Turkey Federation
National Cattlemen’s Beef Association on behalf of the Beef Board
National Chicken Council
National Fisheries Institute
National Pork Board
Produce Marketing Association

For more information and to download the complete roadmap visit www.gs1.org/docs/barcodes/fresh_foods_supply_chain_of_the_future.pdf