Saving the meat industry over $200 million each year
GS1 standards are helping the Australian meat industry to potentially save over 200 million dollars each year in export costs.
Australia sends over 250,000 tonnes of meat to the United States each year. Until recently, tens of thousands of meat cartons were being rejected and destroyed at the U.S. border.
The reason was a simple, yet critical, part of the shipping process – labels. More specifically, damaged or missing labels referred to as shipping marks.
Shipping marks are unique numbers used to identify products within each carton of meat and recognise the associated health certifications. The shipping marks link each lot of product to the corresponding lot on a foreign inspection certificate, or other foreign certification documents.
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