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Produce Traceability Initiative to Offer Comments on Food and Drug Administration’s Product Tracing Pilot Report by Institute of Food Technologists

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For Immediate Release: March 4, 2013 Four Leading Industry Groups to Collaborate and Collect Industry Feedback For More Information, Contact: CPMA: Lianne Wand, [email protected], 613-226-4187 ext 225 GS1 US: Krisztina Vida, [email protected], 609-620-8042 PMA: Meg Miller, [email protected], 302-738-7100 ext 3031 United Fresh: Ray Gilmer, [email protected], 202-303-3425 The Produce Traceability Initiative (PTI), designed to help the … Read more

Leadership Council Agrees to Enhance Produce Traceability Initiative

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For Immediate Release: November 5, 2012 PTI Buyer Working Group to form, Wal-Mart’s Michael Agostini to co-chair Council For More Information, Contact: CPMA: Lianne Wand, [email protected], 613-226-4187 ext 225 GS1 US: Krisztina Vida, [email protected], 609-620-8042 PMA: Meg Miller, [email protected], 302-738-7100 ext 3031 United Fresh: Ray Gilmer, [email protected], 202-303-3425 Acknowledging that significant progress has been made … Read more

Produce Traceability Initiative Helps Drive Change for Standardized RPC Labeling

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GS1US For Immediate Release: May 8, 2012 For More Information, Contact: CPMA: Lianne Wand, [email protected], 613-226-4187 ext 225 GS1 US: Jon Mellor, [email protected], 609-620-4656 PMA: Meg Miller, [email protected], 302-738-7100 ext 3031 United Fresh: Ray Gilmer, [email protected], 202-303-3425 Produce Traceability Initiative Helps Drive Change for Standardized RPC Labeling Kroger, Loblaw, Safeway agree to accept standard 4”x … Read more

Produce Traceability Initiative Survey Finds Widespread Progress Toward All Milestones

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For Immediate Release: May 3, 2012 For More Information, Contact: CPMA: Lianne Wand, [email protected], 613-226-4187 ext 225 GS1 US: Jon Mellor, [email protected], 609-620-4656 PMA: Meg Miller, [email protected], 302.738.7100 ext 30xx United Fresh: Ray Gilmer, [email protected], 202-303-3425 Produce Traceability Initiative Survey Finds Widespread Progress Toward All Milestones Suppliers lead adoption – more than 84 percent communicating … Read more

Produce Traceability Initiative Survey is Launched to Gauge Industry Adoption

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For Immediate Release: March 22, 2012 For More Information, Contact: CPMA: Lianne Wand, [email protected], 613-226-4187 ext 225 GS1 US: Jon Mellor, [email protected], 609-620-4656 PMA: Glenn Boyet, [email protected], 302.738.7100 ext 3017 United Fresh: Ray Gilmer, [email protected], 202-303-3425 Produce Traceability Initiative Survey is Launched to Gauge Industry Adoption March 22, 2012 – The produce businesses and associations … Read more

PTI Webinar Series Available for On-Demand Viewing

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For Immediate Release: October 4, 2011 A six-part webinar series educating produce industry companies on the logistics of the Produce Traceability Initiative (PTI) is available for on-demand viewing, the PTI’s administering organizations announced today. The sessions can be found at www.producetraceability.org/news_events/index.cfm. The first webinar, “PTI’s 5 Ws (and 1 H): Who, What, When, Where, Why … Read more

PTI Announces Series of Webinars to Offer Implementation Assistance

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For Immediate Release: August 15, 2011 Purpose of series: to assist industry in implementing the Produce Traceability Initiative (PTI) Who should attend? all industry trading partners companies just beginning to implement PTI companies already implementing the initiative that have questions traceability solution providers Speakers: Speakers will include industry members who are early adopters of the … Read more

FDA Participation, Pilot Projects, Benchmarking Report Are Highlights of May 2 PTI Leadership Council Meeting

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For Immediate Release: May 5, 2011 New Orleans, La. – The May 2 meeting of the Produce Traceability Initiative’s (PTI) Leadership Council featured a first-ever status report on council member companies’ implementation progress, an update on 18 pilot projects now underway, new best practices to assist with implementation, and positive comments from Food & Drug … Read more

PTI Update: Pilot Projects Under Way, Food Safety Modernization Act Dominates FAQs

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For Immediate Release: March 9, 2011 The following is an update from the PTI Leadership Council on recent Produce Traceability Initiative (PTI) activities/ Highlights include a call for volunteers to participate in pilot projects now getting under way, the release of new best practices and several upcoming educational events. Leadership Update Since being formed in … Read more

PTI Leadership Council Determines Unique GTINs Are a Requirement for Traceability

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For Immediate Release: March 9, 2011 A proposal for an alternate path for implementing Global Trade Item Numbers® (GTINs®), a key component of the Produce Traceability Initiative (PTI), has not garnered wide enough support from the PTI Leadership Council to be adopted. The council also reinforced the need for trading partners to discuss the status … Read more