Wholesale Operations

Barcode Symbology

Foodstuffs South Island Limited, as a member of GS1 New Zealand, fully endorses the use of appropriate barcode symbology on all retail and distribution units.

Should a vendor, for any reason whatsoever, place a use by/best before date on a retail unit and such a date is within 90 days of manufacture then this information must also be placed on the distribution unit in a "machine readable" and "man readable" manner.

Should a vendor, for any reason whatsoever, place a use by/best before date on a retail unit and such a date is greater 90 days of manufacture then a Serial Shipping Container Code (SSCC) should be used.

This SSCC should be affixed to the container (normally a pallet but could be a shipper) and vendors must ensure that only one SKU with a common use by/best before date is used for each container bearing an SSCC. Standards for the above symbology are maintained by GS1 New Zealand www.gs1nz.org.