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GTIN
Colloquially, many know GTIN as a barcode, but technically, GTIN is the number found beneath the barcode symbol itself, and can therefore also be used for other technologies such as 2D barcodes and RFID tags.
Colloquially, many know GTIN as a barcode, but technically, GTIN is the number found beneath the barcode symbol itself, and can therefore also be used for other technologies such as 2D barcodes and RFID tags.
In the guide below you will find descriptions of the data required by the barcode label on beef, pork, poultry and sheepmeat and goatmeat with reference to the following EU regulations. Have fun.
Version 1.0, March 2015
This quickguide describes how the GS1 standard can be used to comply with EU directives on the traceability of meat traders with regard to the indication of information on carton and pallet labels. The Quick Guide describes what data the bar code label on beef, pork, poultry and sheepmeat and goatmeat should contain with reference to the following EU regulations:
• Art. 5 (Reg. (EU) No 1337/2013): Labelling
• Art. 3 (Reg. (EU) n° 931/2011) Traceabilità requisiti
• Article 26 (2) Reg. (EC) No 1169/2011
• Art. 9 (Reg. (EU) No 1169/2011) Mandatory Consumer Information
• Art. 3 (Reg. (EU) n° 931/2011) Traceabilità requisiti
• Art. 9 (Reg. (EU) No 1169/2011) Mandatory Consumer Information
• Art. 13 (Reg. (EC) No 1760/2000) Labelling
• Annexes (Reg. (EU) No 16/2012) Definition of the term “production”
• (Reg. (EU) n° 853/2004) Hygiene during and after production
The guide will not deal with EANCOM®.
Note! GS1 Denmark disclaims any liability for errors and omissions in compliance with the EU Regulation.
Consumer safety, and thus traceability, is a very important element of the meat supply chain. The effort to avoid the fact that meat products contain disease-causing bacteria is great, but nevertheless it is difficult to completely eliminate. By implementing an efficient and cost-effective tracking system, infected meat can be traced back to a specific area, a farm, back to the individual animal, a slaughterhouse or a cutting company. By significantly narrowing down the potential problem, the negative economic impact on supply chain actors can be significantly reduced.
From a health point of view, increasing the speed and accuracy of being able to track the infected meat will increase consumer safety. Rapid and efficient tracing can also minimise unnecessary costs used to reassure consumers that infected meat has been removed from refrigerated counters. In addition, effective tracking of infected foods will mean a greater likelihood that the source of the infection can be found and eliminated.
Tracking is essential in food safety situations and has a significant impact on the impact of such a situation on consumers, businesses and international trade. Implementation of public and private tracking systems using automated data capture, electronic data processing and electronic data communication improves the accuracy and speed of access to product and origin information and reduces risk and uncertainty in the supply chain. Due to differences in the working processes of national meat supply chains, it is very important that actors cooperate at an international level to develop technologies and standards that enable the tracking of animals:
• from the manufacturer to the slaughterhouse
• from slaughterhouses to cutting companies
• from cutting business to retail
• from retail to consumer
• and the opposite way
The GS1 standard is an international standard that allows this tracking to be carried out using barcodes and electronic data transmission.
The GS1 standard reduces trade barriers built up in the case of national solutions. Supply chain actors avoid having to implement different tracking solutions for each customer, company, region or country.
Implementing the GS1 standard achieves efficient tracking systems that are cost-effective and can meet both the needs of different actors and the regulatory requirements.
Automation significantly increases productivity and reduces paper-based management and associated costs. Automation also eliminates the inevitable errors that occur when entering and processing data manually. Automated data capture using barcodes enables companies to better manage and control their company's work processes, and at the same time allows them to be able to delineate their deliveries and thus the risk. This helps to ensure consumer confidence in a food recall situation.
The purpose of this model is to demonstrate how supply chain tracking can be carried out using the GS1 standard and to determine the relevant information to be used to comply with the above regulations.
Tracking requires a verifiable method to identify meat products at all stages of circulation. Reference numbers must be correctly assigned and recorded in order to ensure consistency between the links.
It is important to distinguish between legal requirements to be able to trace meat in the supply chain and the GS1 standard. The GS1 standard allows an effective system to be put in place to ensure traceability and thus increase food safety, but it is up to the individual company in the supply chains to apply the standard.
The Word tracking This includes, in this context, both tracció and tracing, where tracking means following the product's path through the supply chain — from the individual animal or group of animals to the retailer. Tracing means that one can trace back to the origin of the meat - from the retailer to the individual animal or group of animals.
Tracking requires that meat products be labeled with a reference number, which can be used to trace an individual product from the last link in the supply chain — the consumer — to the individual animal or group of animals from which it originated. In order to meet this requirement, slaughtered animals and cuts must be marked with reference numbers throughout the supply chain — from the slaughterhouse, through the cutting companies and packaging to the retail outlet box.
Reference numbers must be properly assigned and recorded in order to guarantee tracking. It is the responsibility of each company to be able to document and maintain the required tracking between what has been delivered from their suppliers, what has been processed in the company and what is passed on to their customers.
See the respective EU directives for the definition of batch number.
Tracking meat in the supply chain requires that meat be labeled with more information than a GTIN. It is recommended that the GS1 128 standard be used, as it allows to express additional information such as batch/reference number, authorization number, earmark number and origin information. Any data item such as The GTIN and batch/reference number are identified by a unique Application Identifier (AI). An AI identifies both data type and data format. For example, AI (01) indicates a GTIN, and the data format in this case is set to 14 digits, which are indicated after the parenthesis.
The barcode below contains the GTIN item number and earmark number.
The following table shows the most frequently occurring AIs in relation to animal species. In the rightmost column there is a reference to the legislative requirements.
*1 By logistical unit.
Attention: According to the regulations, pigs, poultry, goats and sheep are not required to state the country of birth — the country of origin must be indicated according to detailed guidelines.
*2 For quantity variable product
*3 For quantity variable product
The Serial Shipping Container Code (SSCC) is used to identify the individual shipping unit. This means that two exactly the same shipping units, such as two pallets of the same product, are uniquely identified by each SSCC. The structure of the SSCC is the following:
First digit (Vs1) indicates a company-controlled prefix and can assume values from 0 to 9. The subsequent 7 digits (P1-R7) indicate company prefix, which is GS1 prefix and company reference number. The next 9 digits (F1-F9) control the company and indicate a consecutive number. The last digit (K) is a check digit. The control digit is calculated by modulus 10. Together, all 18 digits give a unique fort ongoing shipping number.
Application Identifier 01 is used to identify a device with a GTIN: GTIN 8, GTIN 13, GTIN 14 or UPC. When identifying with GTIN 8, GTIN 13 and UPC, 0s are preceded, as the data field must be 14 characters.
AI 01 is primarily used in the following situations
• on collies/trading units
• on pallets/logistic units containing a fixed number of collies/trading units, where the pallet is the ordering unit. Example: (01) 05712345000014.
A 9-digit leading GTIN indicates that the product is variable in quantity, which is often the case with meat cuts.
Application Identifier 02 is used to indicate the GTIN of the ordering unit by marking on the pallet or other logistic unit.
• AI 02 may only be used in connection with the marking of pallets/logistic units.
• If AI 02 is used, the number of collies/trading units contained in the logistic unit must be indicated.
• AI 37 is used to indicate the number of collies/trading units contained.
• If AI 02 is used, the GTIN must correspond to the GTIN on which the order, delivery and invoice is made.
• If AI 02/AI 37 is used, AI 00 shall also be used.
A 9-digit leading GTIN indicates that the product is variable in quantity, which is often the case with meat cuts.
NB! The typical ordering level in Danish grocery trade is at the colli/trading unit level.
Application Identifier 10 is used to specify a device's batch/reference number. A batch/reference number can contain various information, such as the production line number, production time, and mix number. Common to this information is that a given product can be traced by this batch/reference number.
It is not required that the batch/reference number used can be used by companies other than the company that forms the batch/reference number, but it is important that other companies can use the entire batch/reference number to track the given product.
Example: (10) 35HX2.
Application Identifiers 11, 13, 15 and 17 are used to indicate different dates. When the dates are listed on a shipping device, the dates refer to units contained in the shipping unit.
Alle datum har en data format av n2 + n6, och format n6 är YYYYMMDD. Example: January 1, 1997 enter as 970101Example: November 26, 2001 enter as 011126 Example: end of August 1997 enter as 970800.
Application Identifier 11 indicates the date of manufacture of a product.
Application Identifier 13 indicates the date the product is packaged.
Application Identifier 15.
If a logistic unit contains products with different Best before data, indication of the date Best before on the label must be the one most favorable to the purchaser — first expiration date.
Application Identifier 17 indicates the date which is the last use-by date of the product. AI 17 tells you something about safety when using the product.
Número de aplicación 21 es usado para especificar um número de serie primaria. Número seriale é uma nombre único que se ascriada a prodotto para ser usado durante el ciclo.
Número seriale deve ser único para un producto specifico, que significa que o mesmo seriale pode ser assiglo a varios productos. Together with the GTIN number, the serial number gives an unambiguous identification of the individual product.
AI 21 will perform alongside AI 01.
Ejemplos:
Numero di GTIN + numero principale serie: (01) 05712345000014 (21) 1234BC.
AI 30 is used to specify a number of pieces in a quantity variable ordering unit where the number of pieces varies. AI 30 should always be used in conjunction with AI 01 for GTIN number. Vekt GTIN-14 med 9.
Ejemplos:
Numero di GTIN + quantità variabile: (01) 95712345000017 (30) 28 Nella esempio, il unità 95712345000017 contiene 28 pcs.
AI 310n consists of 4 digits, where the value of the 4th digit (n) indicates the number of decimal places.
Ejemplos:
(310)! ! 0) 000035 = 35 kg.
(310)! ! 3) 000035 = 0.035 kg.
O 4. digito (n) pode ser de 0-9, significa que o última unità especificar es: (310! ! 9) 000001 = 0.00000000001 kg.
GS1 recommends the metric system (SI system - International System of Units). If other systems are used, it should be noted that there may be a difference between targets in the US and the UK.
Application Identifier 37 indicates number in a logistic unit. When using AI 37, the AI 02 of the GTIN contained in the logistic unit must be indicated. Combination of AI 02 a AI 37 may only be used on the logistic unit — typically at pallet level.
Número de aplicación 251 es usado para especificar o número de armarca.
Anwendung Identifier 422,. Código do país que se usado para el país de origine es una código de país de 3 digitales definido en estándar ISO 3166.
Anwendungsante Identifier 423 je. Up to 5 different countries can be specified. Paesi deve essere expressivo usando 3 digitali códigos país definido en ISO 3166.
Ejemplos: (423) 604056208.
The animal is raised in Peru, Belgium, Denmark.
Anwendung Identifier 424 is gebruikt in deze contextom om het landen in het voorbeeld worden. País é indicado por una código de país de 3 cifras definido en ISO 3166.
Voorbeeld: Het animaal werd in Denemarken, slaughtered in Germania in een slaughterhouse met een indicatie van de authorizationnummer.
L'identifier d'application 425 est utilisé dans ce context pour indicer la país dans ce cette procession/de plus déploiement. País é indicado por una código de país de 3 cifras definido en ISO 3166.
Eksempel: (425) 208: Produkt har up/i Danmark.
Anwendung Identifikator 426 is gebruikt om het landen in waarden, geboren, slaughtered en cut. La país deve essere expressão usando uma código de país de terística definido en ISO 3166. AI 426 pode ser especificado en todas las estações del supply chain.
Eksempel: (426) 208: Het,,, karved/i Danska.
El peso de variabile neta se relacionado a quantità variabile. Last digit of AI 310 (n) indicates number of decimal places. In the case of the package, the net weight indicates the net weight of the trading unit.
In the case of pallets, the net weight corresponds to the sum of the net weights of the packages contained.
Ejemplos:
(310)! ! 0) 000035 = 35 kg.
(310)! ! 1) 000035 = 3.5 kg.
(310)! ! 2) 000035 = 0.35 kg.
Application Identifier 7002 is used to indicate the UN/ECE standard classification for carcasses and cuts for bovine, porcine, ovine and game. The classification codes are drawn up by UN/ECE.
L'identifier d'applicazione 703S è usato per specificare il codice ISO del país, dove il compagnie giustato è situato + numero di autorizzazione del compagnie.
The last digit indicates the number of slaughtering and processing operations of the undertaking concerned. Dit is, 7030 is een slaughterhouse, 7031 is het eerste cutting bedrijf, 7032 is de druge cutting bedrijf, etc.
Example of Danish slaughterhouse:
Application Identifier 7006 indicates the date on which the meat was first frozen after slaughtering/slicing.
Anwendung Identifier 7007 indicerer du datum som den. Práce o formato se variabile é que o AI se usado para fishes, que é um necesito indicar un periodo de tiempo quando o seu. For other animals, the date of slaughter is given in the format n4 + n6 (YYYMMDD).
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