GS1 US Posts Web Help for Meeting Bioterrorism Requirements

Nov 20, 2006 2:11 PM

LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. - GS1 US here, which is responsible for administering bar code standards, has made available on its website two documents aimed at helping retailers, manufacturers and growers to comply with the requirements of the Bioterrorism Act of 2002. In particular the documents focus on the recordkeeping and traceability requirements of the act. The documents are: “Fulfilling Bioterrorism Requirements For Your Supply Chain,” and a second document on meeting the recordkeeping requirements “Using Electronic Data Interchange Transactions.” The documents can be found at http://barcodes.gs1us.org/Solutions/BioterrorismTraceability/tabid/87/Default.aspx. “We made this easy reading,” offering guidelines “from the farm to the factory to the store,” said Greg Rowe, director, business development, GS1 US. Michael Garry