The PTI vision:

Supply chain-wide adoption of electronic traceability

Start Here for PTI Success

The Produce Traceability Initiative (PTI) outlines 7 milestones to implementing case-level electronic traceability in the produce industry. On this website you will find the tools and resources you need to implement PTI requirements within your company. If you’re just getting started with PTI implementation, take a look at the milestone-specific resources here.

Next Step: PTI Checklists

If you’re already on your way with PTI implementation, here are two checklists to help you facilitate further progress: Checklist for growers/packers/shippers and Checklist for receivers/buyers.

Join the PTI Buyer Working Group!

To address the remaining implementation challenges for the PTI, the Leadership Council is calling on all buyers supporting the initiative to join the newly forming PTI Buyer Working Group. Learn more here.


About Us

The Produce Traceability Initiative, sponsored by Canadian Produce Marketing Association, GS1 US, Produce Marketing Association and United Fresh Produce Association, is designed to help the industry maximize the effectiveness of current traceback procedures, while developing a standardized industry approach to enhance the speed and efficiency of traceability systems for the future.

The PTI has a bold vision which outlines a course of action to achieve supply chain-wide adoption of electronic traceability of every case of produce.

 

Stay connected with the PTI and join the Offical Produce Traceability LinkedIn Group Today!

    Additional Help

FSMA Update

Press release: PTI to Offer Comments on Pilot Projects for Improving Product Tracing along the Food Supply System Final Report - Read report here.

Join the PTI Buyer Working Group

To address the remaining implementation challenges for the PTI, the Leadership Council is calling on all buyers supporting the initiative to join the newly forming PTI Buyer Working Group. Learn more here.

PTI Label Gallery 

PTI volunteers are lending their photots to the "PTI Label Gallery".  To share your photos of people applying or scanning PTI labels at your facilities, please e-mail your .jpeg or .png files to amagnolo@gs1us.org


Share your PTI Progress and Connect with Contacts

Discover your trading partners implementation status and stay competitive with the new self-reporting PTI Scorecard. Several buyers and other produce trading partners are working with their customers to implement the PTI, find them here.

 

Recent Updates

Site last updated April 8, 2013

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