Fresh Foods Industry Workshop

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1 Fresh Foods Industry Workshop Traceability Update Denis O Brien Director of Standards & Solutions, GS1 Ireland 14 th October 2015

2 GS1 food sector guidelines GS1 Global Documents GS1 AIDC Fresh Foods Sold at Point-of- Sale Implementation Guide GS1 Traceability for Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Implementation Guide GS1 Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Labelling Implementation Guideline GS1 Fish Traceability Implementation Guide GS1 Global Meat and Poultry Traceability Guideline (in production) 2

3 GS1 food sector guidelines GS1 Regional Documents GS1 US Seafood Traceability Readiness Programme GS1 Fish Traceability in Europe Guideline GS1 EU Meat and Poultry Traceability Implementation Guideline (in production) GS1 in Europe Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Consumer Labelling Implementation Guideline (in production) 3

4 Fish traceability in Europe GS1 Fish Traceability in Europe Guideline 2015 Produced in response to recent EU legislation - EU 1224/ establishing a Community control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy - EU 404/ laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 establishing a Community control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the Common Fisheries Policy - EU 1379/ on the common organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products 4

5 For example: EU 404/2011 Article 67, section 8 Member States shall cooperate with each other to ensure that the information affixed to the lot and/or accompanying physically the lot can be accessed by the competent authorities of another Member State than the one where the fisheries or aquaculture products have been put into the lot, in particular when the information is affixed to the lot by way of an identification tool such as a code, barcode, an electronic chip or a similar device. Operators using such tools shall ensure that they are developed on the basis of internationally recognised standards and specifications. 5

6 e-locate National Traceability Framework for Irelands Fishing Industry

7 What is e-locate? Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM) and GS1 Ireland (GS1)...have initiated a project to assess international best practice in the use of weighing, labelling and traceability technology, to identify the needs of the Irish fish industry and to provide resources to facilitate the adoption of these standards at all levels in Ireland... This project has been named e-locate 7

8 National Traceability Framework GS1 Ireland; Have a central role in influencing the development of a GS1 Standards Based National Traceability Framework Are involved in the drawing up the approval criteria and subsequent auditing of companies to ensure that they meet those criteria Are developing a national training programme for the fish industry to ensure that all parties and stakeholders are aware of the e-locate framework, and to ensure its adoption throughout the industry in Ireland Provide professional advice to the fish industry

9 Project approach Steering Committee Technical Group Industry Engagement Implementation Support Training 9

10 e-locate: 35 Applicant Companies 35 Applicants 24 Accepted 16 Active Participants 14 live implementations 3.4m Total Eligible Expenditure 13 implementations delivered on-time and under budget Good Fish Dunns Seafare Ltd Foyle Co-Op Galway & Aran Co-Op Normandy Ireland Kerry Fish Sofrimar Glenmar Shellfish Oceanpath Ltd Castletownbere Co-Op Clogherhead Co-Op Seafood Cuisine Kingfisher Fresh Ltd

11 Fish Traceability In Europe Guidelines 11

12 Fish Traceability In Europe Guidelines 12

13 e-locate 13

14 e-locate 14

15 (Fish) Traceability Workshop Approaching Industry/Government Training Site Visits Industry Briefing Government / Regulator Briefing 15

16 Thank You Denis O Brien Director of Standards & Solutions, GS1 Ireland 14 th October 2015