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Fri Jul 3

• Home - Industry Models - WikiCentral

Wed Jul 1

• Top 10 Produce aims to assist small farmers with GS1 barcodes (The Produce News): 06/26/2009 -- John Bailey, executive director of Top 10 Produce LLC in Salinas, CA, told The Produce News that on June 1, the company launched an initiative to help family and small growers maximize the effectiveness of traceback technology in an efficient and low-cost way.

Mon Jun 29

• Visiprise: Manufacturing Execution for the Integrated Enterprise
• Ocean Mist Farms Tests Traceability System (Progressive Grocer): Ocean Mist Farms reports progress with its Produce Traceability Initiative (PTI) and Global Trade Identification Number (GTIN) compliance and implementation efforts
• IBM - Establishing trust through traceability: Protect and empower your brand for today's "Omni Consumer" - IBM Institute for Business Value studies: To ensure safety of the food supply and other consumer products, as well a enhance credibility with consumers, consumer products companies can turn to full value traceability to track product ownership throughout the supply chain.
• IBM Press room - 2009-06-24 Less Than 20% Of Consumers Trust Food They Buy Is Safe and Healthy, IBM Survey Reveals - United States: The survey found that over the past two years, consumer appetite for information about food products increased. 77 percent of consumers want more information about the content of the food products they purchase, and 76 percent would like more information about its origin. 74 percent are willing to dig deeper and seek more data about how the food products are grown, processed and manufactured. Despite industry efforts to keep consumers informed with more detailed product information, there?s still a significant gap between consumer expectations and what retailers/manu facturers are providing.
• Consumer confidence in food manufacturers plunges, says survey: Consumer appetite for information about food products has increased over the last two years - with 77 per cent eager for more information on ingredients and 76 per cent interested in it origin. Almost three quarters are prepared to do more research into how the food products are grown, processed and manufactured, said the study. However, the authors warned: ?Despite industry efforts to keep consumers informed with more detailed product information, there's still a significant gap between consumer expectations and what retailers/manu facturers are providing.

Wed Jun 24

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• Food safety drive tough on smaller companies | Small Business | Reuters: GENEVA (Reuters) - Food safety checks designed to prevent dangerous contamination are making it difficult for smaller businesses to compete against larger rivals, two U.N. agencies said in a report obtained by Reuters on Wednesday.
• Industry Not Ready for GS1 DataBar: GMA (Progressive Grocer): The industry isn?t ready for the implementation of the GS1 DataBar on coupons, the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) said this week after reviewing results from a survey on the issue conducted earlier this year. GMA said that the response data from the survey suggests that removal of the UPC-A barcode as of Jan. 1, 2010, will create a significant hardship for many retailers who may not be equipped to scan the new GS1 DataBar by this date. ?For this reason, the Joint Industry Coupon Committee (JICC) recommends that the UPC-A barcode not be removed from coupons beginning January 1, 2010,? GMA wrote in a statement on industry readiness.

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