For product identification, the GTIN still applies but the UK has decided to create a new marking, the UK Conformity Assessed (UKCA)*. This is a product conformity marking used for medical devices and other goods placed on the market in the UK.

Since the COVID-19 crisis, governments have been faced with a challenge. In the fight, the rapid supply of medical material was important. But that material must also be safe and of high quality. That is why traceability in the chain is so important.

For the innovation newsletter of September, we talked with Tomas Ambra, Logistics Research Lead at imec EDiT, about the PILL project which GS1 Belgilux joined.