| (01) | GTIN | — |
| (3103) | Net weight (kg) | — |
| (11) | Production date | — |
| (10) | Batch / Lot | — |
| (21) | Serial / Reference | — |
Example data only. All values shown are illustrative. Enter your own GS1-licensed GTIN (Namibian products use prefix 631 issued by GS1 Namibia). GTIN-8/12/13 entries are padded to 14 digits for AI (01).
Net weight uses AI (3103) — kilograms with three decimal places (13.600 kg encodes as 013600). For variable-measure cartons, GS1 best practice is a GTIN-14 with indicator digit 9 — confirm how your product is registered.
AI (11) CHECK This label encodes (11) Production/Slaughter Date. The GS1 meat guideline treats (11) as the historical AI — current practice is (7007) Harvest Date on carcase tickets and (13) Packaging Date on carton labels. (11) remains valid GS1 syntax; align with your importer's scanning systems.
Batch travels in AI (10). Batch and serial accept the GS1 character set, max 20 characters; blank fields are omitted from the barcode.
Market-neutral by design, EU-ready by data. The label face carries no market-specific branding, but the data set deliberately satisfies the strictest common destination — the EU: origin, slaughtered-in and cutting-facility statements with approval number (Reg 1760/2000), country-of-origin indication (Reg 2018/775), general food law traceability (Reg 178/2002), lot reference (Dir 2011/91/EU), use-by, storage temperature and net weight (Reg 1169/2011). For EU consignments the establishment must appear on the approved third-country list for Namibia and travel with the veterinary health certificate — the label supplements, never replaces, those documents. Certification marks (Halal, HACCP) must only be used where valid certification is held.
Digital Product Passport ready. The QR encodes a GS1 Digital Link URI — e.g. id.gs1.gov.na/01/{GTIN}/10/{batch}/21/{serial} — the structure the EU's ESPR Digital Product Passport framework anticipates. One scan resolves to batch-level traceability data: origin, slaughter and cutting facilities, certifications and chain-of-custody records served by the resolver. The same QR can serve consumers, inspectors and customs with different views; adopting the Digital Link structure now future-proofs the label as DPP obligations extend across product categories.
Example only — always verify current importing country regulations and contact GS1 Namibia for guidance.