Release 23 August 2025
On 23 August 2025, there was another release of GS1 Data Source for Food, Health & Beauty and Agriculture & Fresh. Check out the key moments of this release and the changes that have been made below.
The key moments of the release
Main changes
- The instructions of the fields 'Regulation type code' (regulationTypeCode) and 'Regulation compliance indicator' (isTradeItemRegulationCompliant) have been updated to indicate at product level whether the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) applies to a given product or not.
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The code 'DEFORESTATION_REGULATION' have been added to the code list linked to the field 'Regulation type code' (regulationTypeCode). Using this code in combination with the field 'Regulation compliance indicator' (isTradeItemRegulationCompliant) can indicate whether the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) applies to a product.
- Filling in the 'Net weight' (NetWeight) field was changed from mandatory to conditionally mandatory. The field became mandatory to fill in only for all consumer units of food, dietary supplements and pet food.
- The definitions of the fields ‘Regulation type’ (regulationTypeCode) and ‘Size typecode’ (sizeTypeCode) will be changed to align with the GDSN definition.
- The name of the 'ExplosivePrecursorCode' code list associated with the 'Regulation level code reference' (regulationLevelCodeReference) field was changed to 'regulationLevelCodeReference'
- The usage notes of the field 'Customs classification value' (importClassificationValue) was updated.
- Codes were added, changed and removed.
- Validations were added, changed and removed.
The changes in the validation overview, the data model and the explanation on attributes can be found in the usual places on the website.
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