Other Resources

• Produce Traceability Initiative

• GS1 Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Traceability Guideline

• GS1 Registries & ID Keys
  -       Product bar codes (GTIN)
  -       Production locations (GLN)
  -       Global Product Codes (list)

• The International Federation for Produce Standards
  -       Retail Produce Look Up codes (PLUs)

The Market Data Guidelines for Produce in Regional Food Systems were developed through a collaboration among USDA AMS Local and Regional Food Systems, Wolfe’s Neck Center for Agriculture and the Environment, and the International Center for Food Ontology Operability Data and Semantics. Funding was provided through USDA AMS Cooperative agreement #22-TMMSD-ME-0002.