If you are in the produce business and sell to Wal-Mart, you are either relaxing after getting all your compliance issues sorted (or have organized an exception with the buyer) or you are in a bit of a panic since there is no time left before the PTI mandate comes into effect. Whichever group you […]
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PTI Seeks Volunteers to Help With Traceability Practices
The Produce Traceability Initiative (PTI) is seeking volunteers from the fresh produce industry to guide future traceback procedures and help standardize industry-wide traceability practices. PTI wants to establish groups to address issues in four key areas: 1) guide and promote industry-wide adoption of GS1 standards, including developing best-practices for implementing tracking solutions. 2) identify product attributes […]
Renewed Focus on Food Traceability
Will focus on food safety result in better tracking systems for food suppliers?
New Produce Traceability Guidelines
New guidelines for improving traceability of fruits and vegetables have been set forth by the GS1 and the International Federation for Produce Standards (IFPS). This joint initiative is in response to the demand from the fresh produce industry for better traceability of fruits and vegetables. The guideline, known as the Global Traceability for Fresh Fruits […]
Wal-Mart, Labeling and the PTI
If you are in the produce business, chances are you’ve paid at least some attention to the Produce Traceability Initiative – generally referred to as the PTI. We have certainly spoken with many people over the last couple of years, but PTI compliance has tended to be somewhere on the horizon and doesn’t seem to have gotten the mind share it really deserves. When Wal-Mart announce […]
How Important is Food Safety?
Well, is food safety important to you? It certainly is for me and I’m wondering why it is taking so long for us to see any results from the Food Safety Modernization Act that President Obama signed into law two years ago. There seems to have been a lack of noticeable activity since then. Finally, there does […]
SmartPrinting – No PC Required!
How to eliminate PCs, terminals, and label errors with Smart Printers Guest Article by Ed Weber of ToolWorx Have you or any member of your organization ever put a wrong label on the wrong part or container? If so, then congratulations. That just means you’re human and, like every human, you make human mistakes. But […]
Printing PTI Case Labels
When you look at the suggested Produce Traceability Initiative (PTI) case label it looks very simple. Heck, it only consists of a GS1 128 barcode and some text – anyone should be able to print it. The problem, as Linda pointed out in her article the other day is that pesky VoiceCode that is printed […]
Final PTI Milestone Hits Snag
The Produce Traceability Initiative (PTI) has just about reached its goal of whole-chain traceability for produce in 2012, but implementing the final milestone has stalled. The final milestone specifies that each subsequent handler of a case of produce will have the systems and capability to read and store the GTIN and lot number from each […]
Are You Ready for the PTI Deadline?
The Produce Traceability Initiative (PTI) is a voluntary program developed by the Produce Marketing Association, United Fresh Produce Association, Canadian Produce Marketing Association and GS1 US to help develop a standardized industry approach to speed traceability. In 2008, an industry-wide steering committee set a series of milestones, each one specifying a date for launching various […]
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