Background information Plant Passport

This document provides background information about the plant passport in combination with RetailVista.

The Plant Passport, from now on referred to as PP for convenience, is an initiative from the EU to trace the origin of plants. There is a WIKI page where you can find the necessary information as well.

https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plantenpaspoort

https://kcb.nl/vraag%20en%20antwoord%20plantenpaspoort

The PP is created during the cultivation of a plant. The grower is obliged to include plant passport-related information as documentation with the plant. In practice, this means a sticker or label with a number of letter codes (A, B, C, and D) that record the origin information.

A garden center has nothing to do with the plant passport itself. As long as the regulations are followed correctly, the plants at the garden center already have a plant passport label from the supplier. If that is not the case, it is very likely to be national production. The plant is grown in the Netherlands, has not crossed the border, and therefore most likely does not have a plant passport requirement.

The main purpose of the PP is traceability. If a consumer were to return with a plant, the origin of that plant can be traced through its PP.

The ViridiCode is a Track & Trace barcode and serves a similar purpose as the PP; to trace the origin of plants. This is possible because the ViridiCode is a batch barcode.

Each ViridiCode represents a line from the product receipt, indicating where and when the plant was purchased. However, ViridiCode is not a replacement for the PP and actually has nothing to do with it. However, if a garden center would like to know the origin of plants when they are returned, it is useful to no longer provide each plant with an Ean13 barcode, but with a ViridiCode.

RetailVista is not an application for growers, although steps are being taken in that direction. But at this moment, that is not the case and printing PP labels is also not possible.

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