How Do GS1 Standards Enable Traceability for Enhanced Food Safety?

Businesses, trade associations, industry groups, and regulatory agencies are collaborating to drive consumer confidence in food safety. GS1 US® works with all of these stakeholders to enable product traceability and food safety using GS1 Standards.

"For us, it's all about being able to trace products forward to restaurants in order to protect consumers. Their expectations are growing every day to know what’s in the food they’re eating, and be confident that it’s safe."

— DineEquity – Download the case study PDF (188 KB) >

Unique identification of products and the standardized exchange of data about those products enable companies to be prepared for quick and precise recalls.
To learn more, browse our videos, case studies and other resources presented here. Need a solid foundational understanding of GS1 Standards? Learn more about our on-demand GS1 Foundations Online Certificate Course >

Fresh Foods Management Solution

5 Steps to improved traceability and related benefits

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Videos

Watch and follow an avocado from field to restaurant and hear how IPC/Subway, a member of the Foodservice GS1 US Standards Initiative, is benefiting from the use of GS1 Standards within its supply chain network. Video (2:11 min.) >
Improving Traceability and Food Safety with GS1 Standards Video (4:40 min.) >
GS1 Standards in Action Video for Fresh Foods Video (6:56 min.) >

Documents

Foodservice Implementation Guideline for Case-Level Traceability Using GS1 Standards PDF (1 MB) >
GS1 Standards in Action booklet for Fresh Foods PDF (1.9 MB) >
GS1 US White Paper, Integrated Traceability in Fresh Foods—Ripe Opportunities for Real Results PDF (1.2 MB) >
Download the GS1 US comments to the FDA on the Institute of Food Technologists traceability recommendations in support of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). PDF (660 KB) >

Case Studies

Download IPC/SUBWAY® PDF (177 KB) >

Download DineEquity and McLane (PDF 188 KB) >

Download Tyson Foods PDF (358 KB) >

Articles

Taking the foodservice supply chain to the next level of traceability. View web page from SmartBrief >
Tyson Foods puts customers, consumers first by leveraging GS1 Standards. View web page from Refrigerated & Frozen Foods >
Track and trace—Aligning with shifting consumer demands. View web page from Refrigerated & Frozen Foods >

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Industry collaboration

Go to the Global Food Traceability Center
Go to the Produce Traceability Initiative
Go to Rapid Recall Express^®

Questions? Contact retailgrocery@gs1us.org or foodservice@gs1us.org.

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