Complying with barcoding requirements of DGFT - GS1 India
Complying with barcoding requirements of DGFT - GS1 India
Complying with barcoding requirements of DGFT - GS1 India
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Implementing barcodes at secondary packaging level<br />
Schematic illustration <strong>of</strong> <strong>GS1</strong>-128 linear (1D) barcode and <strong>GS1</strong> Datamatrix (2D) barcode encoding<br />
GTIN, expiry date, batch number and serial number as per <strong>DGFT</strong> <strong>requirements</strong>. Companies can opt<br />
for either the 1D or 2D barcode depending on space availability.<br />
2D- <strong>GS1</strong> Datamatrix<br />
1D- linear barcode<br />
(01)08901107000028<br />
(17)090400<br />
(10)ab12345<br />
(21)mnop09876<br />
or<br />
(01) Application Identifier (AI)to indicate that the data following it is GTIN-14<br />
08901107000028 GTIN-14 to be allocated by the company<br />
(17)<br />
AI to indicate that the data following it is the expiration date <strong>of</strong> the product in<br />
YYMMDD format<br />
090400 Expiration date <strong>of</strong> the product in YYMMDD format (April 2009 in this case)<br />
(10) AI to indicate that the data following it is batch or lot number <strong>of</strong> the product.<br />
ab12345<br />
(21)<br />
mnop09876<br />
Batch / lot number <strong>of</strong> the product generated by the company<br />
AI to indicate that the data following it is the unique serial number <strong>of</strong> the<br />
secondary pack.<br />
Serial number <strong>of</strong> secondary pack generated by the company which should be<br />
alpha-numeric and <strong>of</strong> variable length field varying from 1 to 20 characters<br />
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