The following chage requests for the Item Data Model have been approved. The deployment dates will be determined later by the GDSN Maintenance Release Workgroup.

08-125 eBallot Add % of Non-milk Extrinsic Sugars (NMES) to Food & Bev Ext

Provides the optional capability in the Food and Beverage Extension for the supplier of food products to state the percentage of Non-milk Extrinsic Sugars (NMES) contained in a product expressed as grams per 100 grams.  The external IN FOODS code list used within the Food and Beverage Extension to identify nutritional attributes does not include NMES. 

08-123 eBallot -Add manufacturing process components to Food & Bev Ext

Provides the optional capability in the Food and Beverage Extension for the supplier of food products to state e.g.,  if the product or a component of the product has been fried during the manufacturing process or any number of food preparation methods by possibly utilizing a repeatable code list already in the food & beverage extension that expresses the food preparation method.

This is the final Draft of the GDSN Package Measurement Rules Implementation Guide  which has been adjusted from the public review comments.  Once it is motioned  to publish it will be finalized by doing a GS1 documentation quality check and creating a final document file before it is moved into the Knowledge Center in the 3 locations below. 

Highlights of the changes:

·         This document was formerly labeled “Best Practices Guideline for Standard Package Measurement Tolerances” and needs to be re-labeled in all 3 web-sites to “GDSN Package Measurement Rules Implementation Guide”.·         Three chapters were removed from the old Best Practices document because they were more related to the Trade Item Implementation Guideline so  Peter Zaepfel and Milan Vacval have said they can help your Work Group review these 3 chapters to see if they cover any new ground for use  in the Trade Item Implementation Guideline.     Knowledge Center Data Accuracy GDSN location:http://www.gs1.org/services/gsmp/kc/gdsn/index.html   GDSN Inc. locationhttp://www.gs1.org/productssolutions/gdsn/technical/index.html  GDSN Data Quality Frame Work Resource Library Location:http://www.gs1.org/productssolutions/gdsn/dqf/library.html

Please take note of the following important GSMP Community Announcements:

GS1 GSMP World Wide Fall Event in Washington, D.C. 

This is a reminder to register for the GS1 GSMP World Wide Fall Event in Washington, D.C. (US), on 6-10 October 2008. Don’t miss this opportunity to participate in…

§  Building standards that improve supply chain efficiency in a collaborative environment among all stakeholders.

§  Working Groups and Business Requirements Groups where the world’s supply and demand chain specialists (together with users and GS1 standards experts) stage the future of global business standards.

§  Implementation Sessions where key GSMP stakeholders will discuss opportunities, case studies, and examples of how companies can benefit from using the global GS1 System.

All practical and useful information related to the event (programme, registration and hotel details and booking) is available at

http://www.gs1.org/GSMPwashington2008/

Public Review: CR 08-000189, GDSN BRG

The 15 Day Public Review for CR 08-189 has begun. Proposal: “Include the optional capability for the supplier to express that control of hazardous substances regulations may be applicable to the product, the stated set of regulations, identified by agency and regulation name, and the electronic address as to where to locate the ‘out of network’ regulation data can be found. There may be more than one agency, regulation name and electronic address if there are multiple controls of hazardous substances that may be applicable to the product. The request is for four fast track attributes (recognising that dependency and validations cannot be applied) until such time that the attributes are included in the core standard.”   This Public Review contains a link to CR 08-189 in the CR system and the Business Requirement with a table within (See Tab CR 08-189). Please review and make any comments by 4 PM ET on 12-Sep-2008 (Close of Public Review). One day added to Fast Track 14 day review period for USA Holiday on September 1^st 2008.

GDSN BRG DECISION: In addition to Fast Track development, the long-term solution for these attributes will be incorporated into the requirements of the Chemical Ingredients Work Group.

Please use the following link for this Public Review:

CR 08-189 Public Review Link

Public Review: 08-000084, eCom BRG

The following CR has been motioned to Public Review by eCom BRG: The Dutch Healthcare, Construction and Hard lines Industries need the ability to refer from the Order Response line to the original Order line number, by a field 'linenumberfororiginalorder'. This is a optional field. Please review and make any comments by 4 PM ET on 28-Sep-2008 (Close of Public Review).

Please use the following link for this Public Review:

CR 08-084 Public Review Link

Call-To-Action: Traceability Work Group

The Global Traceability Standard (GTS) aims to be the generic, foundational standard for traceability in ANY industry sector. However, being based on the Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) sector, the current GTS is not generic enough. Any items in the GTS that are sector specific should be removed to ensure it is truly generic. It was identified by GS1 Healthcare and included on their Roadmap that a standard for Traceability in Healthcare was required.   GTS was reviewed by GS1 Healthcare Global Traceability Work Team, and the work team provided documents which constitute recommendations for changes to the GTS to make it truly generic.

Please use the following link to access this Call-to-Action:

Call-To-Action: GS1 Healthcare – GTIN Allocation Rules for Indicator Digits

The Objective/Scope of the Indicator Digit Rules Work Group is to:

* Record the Use Cases for the application of indicator digits for the marking and labeling of healthcare products in the global healthcare supply chain. For this Call To Action the supply chain starts at the manufacturer of the healthcare product and ends at the point of patient care. Healthcare products within the scope of work include: Vaccines, Biologicals, Therapeutic Nutritionals, Pharmaceuticals, Medical Devices, Instruments and Implants. 

* Establish rules for indicator digits. GTIN Allocation Rules for Healthcare will be developed for incorporation into the GS1 General Specification to define the rules for the use of indicator digits for healthcare products.

* Create a General Specification Change Notice (GSCN) for the enhancement of the GS1 General Specification. The GSCN is the approved document to be developed, approved and ratified. GSCN’s are the recognized standard until incorporated into the GS1 General Specification during the annual publication cycle.

Please use the following link to access this Call-To-Action: CTA GTIN Allocation Rules for Indicator Digits

GS1 Healthcare Conference in Tokyo, Japan – 28-30 October 2008 We invite you to participate in our next global GS1 Healthcare Conference in Tokyo from 28 to 30 October 2008. The invitation, draft agenda, online registration form, and more practical information are now available at www.gs1.org/healthcare (direct link: http://www.gs1.org/sectors/healthcare/news_events/281008/).      Other upcoming healthcare events GS1 Member Organisations and local GS1 Healthcare user groups: -       10 September 2008: GS1 UK Patient Safety Forum - Leicester City Football Club, U.K. (link: www.gs1uk.org/events&webinars/)  -       17 September 2008: GS1 Switzerland Forum ‘Bedside scanning – Efficiency in Healthcare’ (in French/German) – Bern, Switzerland (link: http://www.gs1.ch/events/Events/ForenFachtagungen/ForumGesundheitswesen1792008/tabid/1004/Default.aspx)   -       8-9 October 2008: GS1 Germany Healthcare Konferenz (in German) – Berlin, Germany (link: www.gs1.org/docs/healthcare/GS1%20Germany_Healthcare_Konferenz.pdf)  -       13-14 October 2008: GS1 Healthcare US Workgroup Forum - Chicago, U.S. (link: www.gs1us.org/GS1HealthcareUS/tabid/162/Default.aspx)  14 October 2008: GS1 Healthcare supports the Eucomed Symposium “Unique Device Identification (UDI) for Safer Patient Care" at Eucomed’s MedTech Forum in Brussels, Belgium. Speakers from the European Commission, the FDA, the Japanese Federation of Medical Device Associations, and others will share their vision on UDI. Attendance is free. (link: http://www.medtechforum.eu/).    22 September 2008: GS1 Healthcare co-hosts a Symposium “Practical solutions to prepare for automatic identification” prior to the Labelling and Packaging for Medical Devices and In Vitro Diagnostics Conference in Brussels, Belgium (link: http://www.iir-events.com/IIR-conf/LifeSciences/EventView.aspx?EventID=1722)   GS1 Healthcare representatives will speak at: -       17-18 September 2008: 7th Annual Pharma Packaging & Labelling - Barcelona, Spain (link: http://www.pharmapackaging-events.com/)  -       23-24 September 2008: Labelling and Packaging for Medical Devices and In Vitro Diagnostics Conference - Brussels, Belgium  (link: http://www.iir-events.com/IIR-conf/LifeSciences/EventView.aspx?EventID=1722) -       21-22 October 2008: Pharma Secure Chain Conference – London, U.K. (link: http://www.iqpc.com/ShowEvent.aspx?id=113036)    Stay up to date on upcoming events and more GS1 Healthcare news: visit www.gs1.org/healthcare !