Focus on

Traceability

Maria Palazzolo Chief Executive Officer

GS1 Australia

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• Support the implementation of traceability best

practices across the supply chain using a single GS1

Global standard

• On site traceability assessments (review traceability

systems in place)

• By trained and accredited auditors

• Based on the standard GTC checklist and GTS

• Any trading partner that handles goods :

a) to identify gaps at the beginning of a traceability

implementation project

b) To check a traceability system already in place

and benchmark with global best practices

Objective

How

The GS1 Global Traceability Conformance

Programme (GTC)

For whom

Who is GS1?

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GS1~

Bringing companies together

• GS1 is a global not-for-profit organisation comprising 111 national member organisations servicing 150 countries and 2 million companies across 24 industry sectors.

• The GS1 System of supply chain standards is the most widely used in the world. Everyday over 5 billion barcodes are scanned over the planet.

• GS1 Australia supports over 16,800 member companies across 21 industry verticals on a user pays, cost recovery basis.

• GS1 Australia enables standards implementation through a range of industry driven services like, GS1net/NPC, GS1 Recallnet, GS1 Locatenet, GS1 GoScan and many others

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GS1 all over the world

111 Member Organisations.

154 countries served.

2,000 people helping us.

Countries with a

GS1 Member

Organisation

Countries served on a

direct basis from GS1

Global Office (Brussels)

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GS1 Australia’s role

The implementation of the GS1 System by

Australian industry for the benefit of all users.

Our role is to:

• develop global, open, multi-sector standards

• provide training, education and support

services on supply chain management

• promote and help implement the GS1 System

to facilitate best business solutions

• enable consumers, industry and regulators to

build traceability solutions across multiple

and varied supply chains

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GS1: A global system of standards

Global Traceability Standard (GTS) (Process)

Global Recall Standard (messaging)

Checklist of the Global Traceability Programme (control points and compliance criteria)

What’s all the Fuss

about Food Safety?

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Food can make people sick

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Regulatory Requirements

for Traceability

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Legislative challenges

EU Regulation 1169/2011 […]Article 9 In accordance with Articles 10 to 35 and subject to the

exceptions contained in this Chapter, indication of the following particulars

shall be mandatory: (a) the name of the food; (b) the list of ingredients;(c) any

ingredient or processing aid listed in Annex II or derived from a substance or

product listed in Annex II causing allergies or intolerances used in the

manufacture or preparation of a food and still present in the finished product,

even if in an altered form;(d) the quantity of certain ingredients or categories

of ingredients;(e) the net quantity of the food; […].

EU Directive 2009/48

[…]Article 7 (4) Distributors who consider or have reason to believe that a toy which they have made available on the market is not in conformity with the relevant Community harmonisation legislation shall make sure that the corrective measures necessary to bring that toy into conformity, to withdraw it or recall it, if appropriate, are taken. […].

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Europe – Regulation EC/178/2002

• The identification of the origin of feed

and food ingredients and food sources

is of prime importance for the protection

of consumers

• Traceability facilitates the withdrawal of foods and

enables consumers to be provided with targeted and

accurate information

• Regulation EC/178/2002 defines traceability as the

ability to trace and follow food, feed, and ingredients

through all stages of production, processing and

distribution

• “One up – one down” is the minimum requirement, but

this must include batch control

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Europe – Regulation EC/178/2002

• The Regulation covers all food and feed, all food and

feed business operators, including importers

• Records to be kept for at least five years

• Records available on request to compliance officers,

regardless of where they are stored

• Ownership of goods is irrelevant – 3PL’s also required

to have full traceability

• CEO of a “retail multiple” is responsible for traceability

through stores and

distribution centres

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US Law–Food Safety Modernization Act

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• Signed in January 2011

• Every year 1 in 6 Americans (48 million people) suffers a foodborne illness

resulting in thousands of deaths

• Four sections

• Prevention

• Inspection, Compliance & Response

– Expanded records

– Enhanced product tracing

• Imported Food Safety

• Enhanced Partnerships

• 50 rules and regulations to be added or modified over next 12 - 24 months

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US Law–Food Safety Modernization Act

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• Administered by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

• Can impose mandatory recalls if the company refuses a voluntary recall

• FDA required to develop a Product Traceability Plan. Currently in pilot and

consultation with industry, including GS1 US

• Current traceability systems are seen to be slow, cumbersome and

inadequate in mass recalls and epidemiological investigations

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Institute of Food Technologists

• Made a submission to the FDA on Traceability

• Key issues are:

• Complex supply chains

• Multiplicity of different tracking systems which do not connect

• Changing name of products as they move through supply chains

(lack of use of common identifiers)

• Inconsistent record keeping

All can be addressed using the GS1 System

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Australia New Zealand Food Standards

Code

• Administered by FSANZ

• Enforced by State and Territory and New Zealand

agencies

• Must have a recall system

• Must have appropriate labelling

• Must be able to identify the source of product

• No specific mention of traceability

Role of the Consumer

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Consumers

• The vision of alerting consumers

on their mobile device that the

product they bought yesterday

needs to be destroyed and a

refund can be claimed at the

click of a button is possible today

• Lacking is the adoption of

standards to make this a viable

business reality across all

brands, stores and platforms

GS1’s Role in Traceability

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Providing interoperability

in a complex environment

What

Multiple requirements How

Interoperability

GS1

GTS & Global

Traceability

Program

TR : Traceability requirements

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A unique position in the food and product

safety landscape

One single traceability process

to meet multiple business and

regulatory requirements

Food Safety and the

Traceability Challenge

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Global Challenge – The complexity of the

food supply chain

The more partners

there are in the

supply chain, the

more complex

business processes

and information

systems become

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The GS1 Food

Traceability Solution

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GS1 Traceability Solution components

Standards Guidelines

Best practices

Global Traceability

Assessments

Implementation

Support

Deployment

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Benefits of the GS1 Global Traceability

Programme

• Measures traceability level of implementation and identify gaps compared to best practices

• Provide a methodological way to test and implement full chain traceability with GS1 standards

• Help ensuring conformance with multiple traceability business and regulatory requirements

• Provides management with actionable reports aimed at facilitating continuous improvement

• Attain ultimate quality assurance and business processes optimisation.

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In Conclusion

• Companies that manufacturer products invest considerable resources to establish the value of their brands and meet the needs of customers and regulators, GS1 has developed the Global Traceability programme to support their efforts.

• GS1 Australia will be introducing the GS1 Global Traceability Checklist to Australia through selected partners

• We are partnering with interested compliance and audit firms and we also seek to partner with facilitators

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In conclusion

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• With growing concern from Consumers about products and food safety and increasing regulations, manufacturers and retailers today need to be able to know the origin of the products they produce and sell.

• In the event of a recall they need to respond in a timely manner and have visibility of the entire supply chain

• It is critical that traceability systems can identify the source of the raw materials and destination of all finished product

• The GS1 Traceability Programme assists companies to implement Traceability best practices using GS1 Global Standards

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GS1 Global Traceability Standards –a

single traceability process to meet all

quality and regulatory requirements

True Traceability can only be achieved

successfully if it is built upon global

standards that can act as the foundation

for clear understandable exchanges for

everyone to understand

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GS1 Australia

100/45 Gilby Rd,

Mt Waverley Vic 3149

mpalazzolo@gs1au.org

Maria Palazzolo Chief Executive Officer