MEAT AND POULTRY

TRACEABILITY
IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE
A Document
Overview for the
FDA-FSIS Public
Meeting

Guide 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

Background
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:
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 Example

GS1-128 Barcode with Global Trade Item

Number (GTIN) and Lot #

Consumer Item Label

Example

Type 2 UPC-A Barcode with Generic Item Reference

Consumer Item Label with New

Barcode Technology

GS1 DataBar Barcode with GTIN and Sell-By Date

(Available in 2010)

Next 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
DISCUSSION
Douglas Bailey
Chairman, mpXML
douglas.bailey@ams.usd
a.gov