Release 24 May 2025
On 24 May 2025, there will be another release of GS1 Data Source for Food, Health & Beauty and Agriculture & Fresh. Check out the key moments of this release and the changes below.
The key moments of the release
Main changes
- Multiple fields including code lists are being added to enable sharing of carbon footprint (CO2) data. Read more at the bottom of this page.
- The field 'Exact pH value' (ExactPH) will be added. This field is used to display the pH value of products.
- The field 'Contact information marked on package indicator' (isContactInformationMarkedOnPackage) will be added to indicate whether contact information is available on the product packaging.
- The field 'Communication channel marked on package indicator' (isCommunicationChannelMarkedOnPackage) will be added to indicate whether information about the communication channel is available on the product packaging.
- From GS1 global in GDSN release 3.1.31:
- Codes will be added, removed and changed.
- Changes are being applied to existing fields.
- Changes are being applied to GPCs.
- Attribute ‘Tax agency code’ (dutyFeeTaxAgencyCode) will be removed.
- Food label information and label information health & beauty in the 'Additional legal product information' (compulsoryAdditiveLabelInformation) field will no longer be checked by Data Management Services as part of the data quality programme.
- Label information health & beauty in the 'Drug or supplement side effects and warnings’ (drugSideEffectsAndWarnings) field will no longer be checked by Data Management Services as part of the data quality programme.
- Several incorrect URLs are being corrected.
- The usage notes for the fields 'Contact address' (contactAddress), 'Contact' (ContactName) and 'Contact Type Code' (ContactTypeCode) will be changed. It will be clarified that with the passage of the General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR), this field must also be completed for non-food consumer products.
- Adding, modifying and deleting validations.
Sharing CO2 data via GS1 Data Source
Together with companies in a European working group, GS1 has developed a data model that allows you to unambiguously share greenhouse gas emissions (including CO2) at product level via GS1 Data Source. The attributes are internationally approved in our standardisation process and therefore widely usable. These attributes allow you to indicate what the CO2 emissions are at product level, for which part of the life cycle this applies and which calculation method applies.
Can we help you?
Please contact our customer support at info@gs1.nl.