GS1 Fresh Foods

This section of the Knowledge Center gives you the opportunity to view GS1 Fresh Food standards and solutions developed to provide assistance in their implementation.

Fresh Food Standards

GS1 Fresh Food Application Standards

The Application Standards outline how migrate from Restricted Circulation Numbers (RCN’s) to GTIN for Fresh Variable Measure and Loose Produce Items Scanned at Point-of-Sale. The Standards also provides information on deploying GS1 DataBar Symbols and processing additional data at Point-of-Sale. The Application Standards can be found in Section 2 of the GS1 General Specifications, available from your local GS1 organisation.

Fresh Food Implementation Guides & Supporting Documents

GS1 AIDC Fresh Foods Sold at Point-of-Sale Implementation Guide

The GS1 AIDC Implementation Guide for Fresh Foods Sold at Point-of-Sale is now available.  This guide outlines what retailers and suppliers need to do in order to identify fresh food items at Retail POS and describes the Business Process Changes needed to encode and decode GTIN and/or additional data using GS1 DataBar BarCodes for Variable Measure, Fixed Measure and loose produce fresh food trade items scanned at retail Point-of-Sale. 

GS1 Traceability Guide for Fresh Fruit & Vegetables – Implementation Guide

Business Implementation Guide that provides guidance to implementing GS1 traceability standards in the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable (Produce) Industry supply chain.