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Kamis, 04 Juni 2015

Saudi Food & Drug Authority (SFDA) & GS1 Saudi Arabia signed an MOU to curb the spread of counterfeit products

Saudi Food & Drug Authority (SFDA) & GS1 Saudi Arabia signed an MOU to curb the spread of counterfeit products

An MOUwas signed between the Saudi Food & Drug Authority (SFDA) and the GS1 Saudi Arabia represented by Council of Saudi Chambers to regulate the trade of pharmaceuticals, medical supplies, food products and pesticides within the Kingdom.
The MOU was signed by Executive Vice President for Drug Affairs at SFDA Dr. Ibrahim Al Juffali and Secretary General of the Council of Saudi Chambers Eng. Khalid Al Otaibi.  The agreement aims at joint cooperation between the two sides in implementing global standards and criteria that regulate the trade of the aforementioned products, whether they are manufactured within or outside the Kingdom. This includes implementing the GS1 global barcodes standards including two-dimensional barcode (GS1 Data Matrix), serialization for drugs, and linear bar codes on pharmaceutical, medical devices, food and pesticide products.
This step shall enhance efficiency in the sector as it unifies standards in dealing with chain supplies and thus directly benefit societies as it eliminates forged products, lowers medical risks, accelerates patients access to right drugs and medical supplies and helps tracking them if needed for inspection.
The MOU additionally entails mutual cooperation and exchange of information concerning issues of mutual concern to both parties, and providing information regarding GS1 global standards in the healthcare sector. In addition to organizing awareness programs for importers, agents and manufacturers to instill the urgency of serializing products by sharing successful experiences from other countries in this regard.
It is worth noting that the Bar Code system, which is implemented by GS1 Saudi Arabia is a global standard which offers high flexibility in tracking products and providing information at selling points, alongside being a main tool in e-commerce and exportation.
GS1 KSA has been formed by the Council of Saudi Chambers in 1999 after joining GS1 International whose membership includes over 2.650.000 companies in 111 countries in the world.
GS1 Saudi Arabia
GS1 Saudi Arabia (GS1KSA) – Saudi Barcode Centre, a not-for-profit organization, is the only authority for providing GS1 International barcodes for local market, a foundation tool for automation for inventory, warehouse, Point-of-Sale etc. We took the responsibility to increase the awareness among local businesses for supply chain automation and the global standards adoption to improve their logistics work process.
The Saudi Bar Code Center performs its activities through Council of Saudi Chambers. We are a member of the GS1 – Global Bar Coding Standards Organization. GS1 standards are widely being implemented and used worldwide. GS1 has over one million companies registered using GS1 standards. For more information: www.gs1.org.sa
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Tel: +966-11-2182423, +966-11-2182420   |     Fax: +966-11-2182495
Email: gs1@csc.org.sa  , nahmed@csc.org.sa  | Web: www.gs1.org.sa   
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