MEAT AND POULTRY TRACEABILITY MEAT AND POULTRY TRACEABILITY IMPLEMENTATION GUIDEIMPLEMENTATION GUIDE

A Document Overview for the FDA-FSIS Public

Meeting

Guide ObjectivesGuide Objectives• Create an industry document that provides a unified

approach to product traceability across the meat and poultry supply chain in the US and globally

• Minimize traceability differences among all fresh food sectors for ease of supplier and retailer implementation

• Use global data standards for barcodes and electronic messages

BackgroundBackground• Partners include suppliers, retailers, industry

trade associations, and GS1 US, a global standards organization

• Part of a Fresh Food Trade Association Round-Table initiative to provide coordinated traceability implementation guidance across all fresh food sectors – produce, meat, dairy, and seafood.

• Intended as a complementary guide to that issued for produce by GS1 in July 2009

Guide Covers:Guide Covers:All Meat Supply Chain Segments, Except Animal Production:

• Suppliers (beginning with delivery of live animal)• Processors and Distributors• Food Service and Retail Channels

Product Case Label ExampleProduct Case Label Example

GS1-128 Barcode with Global Trade Item Number (GTIN) and Lot #

Consumer Item Label ExampleConsumer Item Label Example

Type 2 UPC-A Barcode with Generic Item Reference

Consumer Item Label with New Consumer Item Label with New Barcode TechnologyBarcode Technology

GS1 DataBar Barcode with GTIN and Sell-By Date (Available in 2010)

Next Steps Towards PublicationNext Steps Towards Publication

• Now integrating trade comments to create final document by January 2010.

• Release Final Draft as interim US guidance• GS1 US will coordinate draft review with GS1

Canada and GS1 Mexico• Depending upon response, will publish as an

official US, North American, or global GS1 traceability document by late 2010

QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSIONQUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION

Douglas BaileyChairman, mpXML

douglas.bailey@ams.usda.gov