Traceability. Presented by Ray Connelly. truetrac.com

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1 Traceability Presented by Ray Connelly

2 Traceability Two Types of Traceability on the Market Today Item Consumer Orientation Marketing Tool Carton Whole Supply Chain Tracks Chain of Custody PTI - Produce Traceability Initiative

3 Case Level Traceability Industry Lead Effort Strawberries 1 LB Product of USA Copyright TRUETRAC LLC.

4 What is the Produce Traceability Initiative? Whole Chain Traceability A Voluntary Initiative Case Labeling at time of packing Store information on the Case Label Send traceability information to your trading partners

5 Produce Traceability Initiative Industry Lead Effort Goal: by 2012 Full supply chain traceability Obtain Company Prefix 2 - Assign GTIN Numbers 3 - Provide GTINS to Buyers Show Human Readable on Cases 5 - Encode Information into a barcode on a case 6 - Read and store information on inbound cases 7 - Read and store information on outbound cases Strawberries 1 LB Product of USA Every case must have a label with standard GTIN/lot codes

6 Strawberries 1 LB Product of USA Where do you start? How do you make it work?

7 Where do you start?

8 Get buy-in from the entire team Executive management Operations management Food safety professionals Field operators Information Technology (IT) Where do you start?

9 Get a company Prefix from GS1 1. Estimate how many GTINS will be needed 2. Get a company prefix at GS Create your GTIN s Attributes Plums A Plums B Commodities 1 1 Varieties (groups) 50 1 Color 4 4 Pack styles (outer) 8 8 Pack styles (inner) 1 1 Sizes 8 8 Grades 2 2 Labels 3 3 COOL 2 2 organic? 2 2 Storage condition 1 1 UNIQUE COMBINATIONS 307,200 6,144

10 GTIN Number Generation # Description Commodity Varietal Country of Origin Country of Origin (GDSN) Grade (OPTIONAL) Growing Method (OPTIONAL) Net Weight of Case Case Type Case Type (GDSN) Qty of items in case Inner Pack Style Inner Pack Style (GDSN) Pallet High (# of layers per pallet) Brand GTIN 1 YELLOW NECTARINE Nectarine Yellow Flesh USA US Conventional Carton CT 32 Tray TRY ABOVE PAR YELLOW NECTARINE Nectarine Yellow Flesh USA US Conventional Carton CT 36 Tray TRY ABOVE PAR YELLOW NECTARINE Nectarine Yellow Flesh USA US Conventional Carton CT 42 Tray TRY ABOVE PAR YELLOW NECTARINE Nectarine Yellow Flesh USA US Conventional Carton CT 48 Tray TRY ABOVE PAR YELLOW NECTARINE Nectarine Yellow Flesh USA US Conventional Carton CT 56 Tray TRY ABOVE PAR YELLOW NECTARINE Nectarine Yellow Flesh USA US Conventional Carton CT 64 Tray TRY ABOVE PAR YELLOW NECTARINE Nectarine Yellow Flesh USA US Conventional Carton CT 72 Tray TRY ABOVE PAR YELLOW NECTARINE Nectarine Yellow Flesh USA US Conventional 25LBS Carton CT 32 Loose LSE ABOVE PAR YELLOW NECTARINE Nectarine Yellow Flesh USA US Conventional 25LBS Carton CT 36 Loose LSE ABOVE PAR YELLOW NECTARINE Nectarine Yellow Flesh USA US Conventional 25LBS Carton CT 42 Loose LSE ABOVE PAR YELLOW NECTARINE Nectarine Yellow Flesh USA US Conventional 25LBS Carton CT 48 Loose LSE ABOVE PAR YELLOW NECTARINE Nectarine Yellow Flesh USA US Conventional 25LBS Carton CT 56 Loose LSE ABOVE PAR YELLOW NECTARINE Nectarine Yellow Flesh USA US Conventional 25LBS Carton CT 64 Loose LSE ABOVE PAR YELLOW NECTARINE Nectarine Yellow Flesh USA US Conventional 25LBS Carton CT 72 Loose LSE ABOVE PAR YELLOW NECTARINE Nectarine Yellow Flesh USA US CA UTILITY Conventional 25LBS Carton CT 32 Loose LSE CA/FRESH YELLOW NECTARINE Nectarine Yellow Flesh USA US CA UTILITY Conventional 25LBS Carton CT 36 Loose LSE CA/FRESH YELLOW NECTARINE Nectarine Yellow Flesh USA US CA UTILITY Conventional 25LBS Carton CT 42 Loose LSE CA/FRESH YELLOW NECTARINE Nectarine Yellow Flesh USA US CA UTILITY Conventional 25LBS Carton CT 48 Loose LSE CA/FRESH YELLOW NECTARINE Nectarine Yellow Flesh USA US CA UTILITY Conventional 25LBS Carton CT 56 Loose LSE CA/FRESH YELLOW NECTARINE Nectarine Yellow Flesh USA US CA UTILITY Conventional 25LBS Carton CT 64 Loose LSE CA/FRESH YELLOW NECTARINE Nectarine Yellow Flesh USA US CA UTILITY Conventional 25LBS Carton CT 72 Loose LSE CA/FRESH Company Prefix 13 digit ROW GTIN-14 Check Digit Check Digit Product Number

11 Where will the label be applied? Shed Pack Distribution Retail Grow Harvest (Field or Bulk) Receive Cool Ship Repack Point of Sale Wholesaler Food Service Strawberries 1 LB Product of USA

12 Where will the label be applied? Shed pack automate with print-apply Distribution Retail Grow Harvest (Field or Bulk) Receive Cool Store Ship Repack Point of Sale Wholesaler Food Service Strawberries 1 LB Product of USA

13 The format of the case label Regulated by GS1 Human Readable GS-128 Barcode Global Item Identification Number (GTIN) Voice Pick Code Lot Code Option Data (eg. Date) References:

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17 How will the PTI data be sent? Shed pack (automate with print and apply) Distribution Retail Grow Harvest (Field or Bulk) Receive Cool Store Ship Repack Point of Sale Wholesaler Food Service Hybrid pallet label or an ASN?

18 Using a Hybrid Pallet Label to send PTI data to your customer GS1-128 Carton Bar Codes SSCC-18 Pallet Bar Code

19 Using an Advance Ship Notice to send PTI data to your customer Grower/Shipper Retailer itrade Sale Purchase FoodLink Amphire Ship ASN 856 Receive Retail Link (Walmart) Invoice Account Payable Custom systems Receive Cash Process Payment

20 FDA Food Safety Modernization Act of 2010

21 FDA Food Safety Modernization Act Signed in to law January 2011 First comprehensive reform since 1938 Shifts from Reactionary to Prevention Science Based Standards Attention to Commodities based on Risk Special Provisions to Small Farms Food Facilities must Register Renew Registration every 2 years Grants Recall Authority to FDA

22 FDA Food Safety Modernization Act Pilots are underway by the Institute of Food Technologists FDA is scheduled to release regulations in January 2013 Mike Taylor has stated that PTI is a model program Sherri McGarry will be on a panel at the PMA Fresh Summit to discuss the IFT/FDA FSMA Tomato pilot findings and recommendations. The industry is quietly confident the new regulations will be supportive of the Produce Traceability Initiative

23 Retailer Readiness Implemented PTI in all 4 DC s with the hybrid pallet label Communicated that all suppliers are to be compliant Piloting PTI with a central American supplier Communicated a September 30, 2012 for PTI compliance (Salisbury DC only) Communicated a March 31, 2012 compliance date to their suppliers In planning stage for PTI Currently require item stickers Starting 3 PTI pilots using Advanced Ship Notices (ASN) Communicated end of 2012 to their suppliers PTI Pilots are to start soon Communicated end of 2012 to their suppliers and distributors Still in the planning stages Engaged in a PTI pilot with Oppenheimer Using the Advanced Ship Notice For all the latest updates visit

24 Thank You! Questions? Ray Connelly President/CEO TRUETRAC Salinas, California