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 ...

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 ...

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 ...