Global standards body GS1 US is working with industry to facilitate the transition to 2D barcodes on product packaging through an initiative called “ Sunrise 2027,”whereby the retail industry ...

The initiative by the standards organization could bring traditional 1D barcodes into the 2D world of data matrix and QR-codes. After five decades of barcode use at the point of sale, the technology ...

The mandate requires that drug products carry a 2D data-matrix mark incorporating the 13-digit CIP13 code, batch number and expiration date. Packaging lines in France and Italy are currently ...