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Project Background
2001year6In December, European customers began to emphasize the convenience of logistics transportation and traceability of fresh agricultural products, and required them to be used on packaging.EAN/UCC-128Barcode.along with2005year1With the promulgation of the European Food Safety Act in September, the traceability requirements for fresh agricultural products came into effect.Increasing the level of traceability is also conducive to protecting growers’ investment in improving quality processes, including the European Retailer Agricultural Working Group(EUREPGAP)andBritainNational Retail Federation(BRC)Certification.
New Zealand kiwi fruit is approved in2005Sales on supermarket shelves in Europe in the year,ZESPRITo this end, International Co., Ltd. will implement a project that lasts for several years. This project will ensure that the company can not only produce the best quality kiwi fruit in the world, but also have the traceability of the best fresh produce.ZESPRIThe company plans to implement the “Guidelines for the Traceability of Fresh Agricultural Products” published by EAN(FPTG)》, Affixed to each export packing box of kiwi fruitEAN/UCC-128Label and strictly control all links in the supply chain to achieve this goal.
Figure 1 The packaging factory is producing the packaging cartons of kiwi fruit
System design and scheme
In order to meet the industry’s requirements for different levels of packaging codes,ZESPRIYou need to ensure that you adopt a standard that is acceptable to all important customers, including European and Asian customers.EAN/UCC -128It is the standard that meets this requirement.EANAnd its member organizations worldwideZESPRProvide advice and support to help the company implement it in a practical wayEAN/UCC-128, Without being improperly affected by a certain customer.EANThe standard has become the technical basis and standard for solving related bar code problems.
ZESPRIAfter detailed consultations with relevant parties, through the guidance of the company committee, research, conditional testing, phased deployment, field inspections, etc., the experience gained from many overseas attempts and European fruit storage and transportation methods were summarized, and a solution was finally found.
During the research,ZESPRIKey useEAN/UCC -128Barcode achieves a series of important goals:
1. Through automatic data collection, the fruit is tracked from the orchard to the final customer’s purchase;
2. Improve the supply chain links internally and externally;
3. Fully satisfy the European Court of Justice (ECC)Legislative requirements;
4. Protect the industry and customers from the source of disease crisis, such as mad cow disease, foot-and-mouth disease, etc.;
5. Satisfaction“Customer requirements set out in the “Guidelines for the Traceability of Fresh Agricultural Products”;
6. Use barcode technology to provide attribute information;
7. Take advantage of various e-commerce opportunities, including electronic consignment notes, etc.;
8. Able to effectively isolate fewer stocks when quality or food safety issues arise;
9. Keep up to date with the latest technology,For exampleRFIDandEPC.
ImplementEAN·UCCSystem steps
In implementationEAN/UCC -128In the process,ZESPRIThe company released the label function specification and proposed two simple business rules:
1. The supplier must be able to identify each orchard where the fruit in the box is produced.
2. On the pallet card, each package from New Zealand must be identified according to the pallet information in the electronic record.
The key to the whole process is that each box of monkey peaches has its own batch identification. This code is unique to a certain season, and enables ZESPRI to keep abreast of the situation of fruit production orchards, the distribution channels in the supply chain, and which parts of the customer’s supply chain need to carry out inventory management in accordance with European food safety legislation.
Implementation Effect
ZESPRICompany in2002The first sale in the year is posted withEAN/ UCC -128Bar code label fruit, to2004Half of the company’s exports of fresh agricultural products andZESPRI™ Gold Kiwi are usedEAN/ UCC -128Barcode label.exist2005Year,ZESPRIAll kiwi fruits exported by the company will be usedEAN/ UCC -128Barcode labels, which not only meet EU requirements, but also help achieve the company’s goal of traceability of fresh agricultural products.ZESPRIHas seen implementation in domestic and overseas operationsEAN•UCCThe many benefits of the system.These benefits include: Improve the accuracy of product labeling；Identify the product when the pallet card is lost or damaged;Quickly respond to wholesale customers’ concerns about fruit quality.
For more details, please refer to “China Automatic Identification Annual Report (2003-2005)”
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