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Foodservice GS1 US Standards Initiative members provide technical and functional expertise to address key industry opportunities through the adoption and use of GS1 Standards. The initiative’s workgroups bring targeted teams together to develop a variety of implementation tools, educational materials, and industry recommendations in support of the Initiative.
Choose what topic areas are of particular interest and importance to your organization:
All members of the initiative are encouraged to participate in our workgroups and may join at any time. Our current workgroups include:
Learn more about how the Initiative is driving collaboration to improve data quality, traceability, and data synchronization via the GDSN®. Learn More
Joining a workgroup allows you can get involved, foster broad collaboration, and make a difference—no matter your focus or expertise. As a participant, help identify challenges, explore solutions, and create adoption plans for:
The Joint Product Information and Image Governance Workgroup provides guidance as to how product data and images for items sold in retail grocery and foodservice can be best used and shared between trading partners and transmitted through the Global Data Synchronization Network™ (GDSN®).
Develops industry-specific guidance and recommendations to support enhanced traceability, including implementation of GS1-128 barcodes, Advance Ship Notices (ASNs) and Serial Shipping Container Codes (SSCCs) in the foodservice industry.
Collaborates across the two distribution channels to define evolving data quality requirements and develop best practices to satisfy consumer as well as trading partner expectations for rich and accurate information.
With growing interest in the transformative promise of blockchain applications, it has become clear that focused use case discussions are needed to address the future of transparency and data sharing. This discussion group meets monthly to explore challenges and opportunities.
To participate in any of these Workgroups, you will need to join the Initiative. To begin the process, please complete the application below. If your company is already a member of the Foodservice GS1 US Standards Initiative, please contact us at foodservice@gs1us.org and we would be happy to help you get started. Apply to join the Foodservice GS1 US Standards Initiative