Enabling Success for Canadian Cannabis Stakeholders
No matter what your role in the cannabis industry, GS1 standards can streamline operations, improve safety, increase trust and provide visibility for all stakeholders across the supply chain.
Licensed Producers of Cannabis or Cannabis-Related Products
What You Need to Know
- The Cannabis Community has selected GS1 Global Trade Item Numbers (GTIN) and GS1 barcodes for product identification and traceability in all provinces.
- Providing standardized bilingual product data using GS1 Canada’s centralized data management solution for product listings, New Item Setup ensures your wholesale distributors and retailers have easy access to important cannabis-specific details, such as cannabinoid potency, terpene profiles, species, and net content.
- Sharing standardized bilingual product images through GS1 Canada supports compliance with the Canadian cannabis industry, including provincial jurisdictions, wholesale distributors, and major retailers.
- GS1 Canada’s Recall solution, available with Individual and Basic subscriptions and through New Item Setup registration, automatically populates exact product data and images in standardized product recall notifications, ensuring that only the recalled products, batches, or lots are being removed from the supply chain.
To meet these requirements and unlock these benefits, you will need to become a GS1 Canada subscriber.
Resources for Licensed Producers
Go-To-Market
A standardized solution for loading and sharing product listing data with cannabis trading partners.
Standardized product images for advertising products instore or online.
Submitting high-quality, standardized images for cannabis products to enhance online and in-store presentation.
Guidance on how to print high quality barcodes that are built based on GS1 Standards.
Two-Dimensional Barcodes
Understanding the advantages of using GS1 DataMatrix for cannabis products.
Answers to common questions about using GS1 DataMatrix.
Key points on how GS1 DataMatrix enhances cannabis traceability and operational.
E-learning module available to GS1 Canada subscribers on 2D barcodes.
Product Identification and Traceability
A framework for managing Global Trade Item Numbers (GTINs) to ensure consistent product identification.
A beginner’s guide to using GS1 barcodes and GTINs for cannabis product identification.
Learn when you need to change a GTIN to maintain accurate product information.
Retailers and Wholesale Distributors
Retailers and wholesale distributors need a trusted partner to improve supply chain efficiency and ensure product integrity in retail.
What You Need to Know
- Efficiently access the accurate, bilingual product data you need across multiple licensed producers, brands and products lines from a single, centralized place.
- Access to standardized, bilingual product images in one place streamlines development of instore advertising and online content.
- Ensure supply chain traceability through licensed and globally unique product identification numbers (GS1 GTINs) providing confidence through product and brand owner authentication.
To access these benefits, you will need to become a GS1 Canada subscriber.
Resources for Retailers and Wholesale Distributors
Access accurate product data directly from licensed producers to keep your shelves stocked efficiently.
Access Product images and marketing content to engage customers online and instore.
Get answers on how GS1 DataMatrix supports cannabis retail operations.
Guidance on how to print high quality barcodes that are built based on GS1 Standards.
Guidance on choosing the right scanning equipment to optimize retail operations and ensure accurate data capture.
Canadian Regulators and Jurisdictions
GS1 Canada offers tools and standards to help regulators maintain visibility over cannabis products across the supply chain.
What You Need to Know
- Unique identification and authentication of all cannabis products across the global supply chain helps combat the illicit market.
- GS1 Canada’s community management process enables key stakeholders to define and implement mandatory data attributes, ensuring cannabis licensed producers are meeting data and reporting requirements.
- Easy access to trusted and detailed product data at every stage helps improve supply chain transparency and consumer safety.
Resources for Canadian Regulators and Jurisdictions
Key points on how GS1 DataMatrix enhances cannabis traceability.
Get answers on how GS1 DataMatrix helps ensure full product visibility across the cannabis supply chain.
E-learning module available to GS1 Canada subscribers on 2D barcodes.
A framework for managing Global Trade Item Numbers (GTINs) to ensure consistent product identification.
Answers to common questions about using GS1 DataMatrix in the Canadian cannabis industry.
Answers to common questions about using GS1 DataMatrix in the Canadian cannabis industry.
Access to standardized, bilingual data to meet regulatory and jurisdiction requirements.
Solution Providers
Solution providers supporting the cannabis industry can benefit from GS1 standards by enabling better data integration and seamless interoperability.
What You Need to Know
- Whether you’re involved in packaging, scanning, printing, software development, or logistics, GS1 standards help ensure compliance, efficiency, and scalability for your cannabis business clients.
Resources for Solution Providers
Get answers on how GS1 DataMatrix helps ensure full product visibility across the cannabis supply chain.
E-learning module available to GS1 Canada subscribers on 2D barcodes.
Reference the GS1 barcode chart to ensure consistent implementation of barcode standards.
Guidelines on integrating GS1 barcodes into cannabis packaging for better traceability.
Choose the right scanning equipment for efficient barcode integration into cannabis operations.