The company implemented TraceGains’ Positively Assured Traceability system at its watermelon packing and shipping operations. Land Watermelon Sales now is fully compliant with the industry’s PTI, and the system allows the Branford, FL-based producer to perform trace-backs and trace-forwards.
As melons are picked at a particular location, attributes that identify farm, field location, pick date and an array of farming conditions are captured and recorded. PTI-compliant GS1-128 labels are generated in real time and applied to every bin shipped. Shipping load and destination records are automatically linked to each bin providing an immediate single source of consolidated information.