With deadlines for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (U.S. FDA) Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Rule 204 fast approaching, you might have started identifying some possible next steps to prepare to meet these requirements. When evaluating these solutions, have you asked yourself:

• Are they the simplest, fastest and most cost-effective?
• Are they the right ones for your company?
• Are they leveraging investments you may already have?

Join traceability experts from GS1 US as they guide you through a hands-on workshop that provides the base knowledge you’ll need on GS1 Standards, key FSMA Rule 204 requirements, and how they intersect. In addition, industry and GS1 Standards subject matter experts will help you tackle specific challenges unique to your organization’s own implementation journey. 

Hands-on exercises around tracing tomatoes from farm to fork and simulated scenarios to explore the challenges and solutions in sharing traceability information with trading partners and regulators will provide real-world guidance you can take back to your organization. 

Takeaways include practical resources to apply GS1 Standards for:

• Supply chain traceability
• Identification of Critical Tracking Events (CTEs) and Key Data Elements (KDEs)
• Master data roles and responsibilities, food safety, and more.