Appearance
Federal & District Department of Commerce - UPSC Management
Universal Product & Service Code Management
System Overview
Our country is being inundated with products and services that are unsafe for the public and often unusable. The UPSC database will ensure all products designated for our country, services provided, or items manufactured in our country have a valid UPSC code in the Federal District. All UPSC information and RFID codes must be provided on bills of lading for cargo imported to the country via the Commerce Department.
All foreign businesses must have a business in America to register UPSC codes.
A design decision was to have all product and service Ids in a single source to ensure blacklists and access for consumers is easy. The objective is to be able to enter an ID, Scan a QR Code, or Scan an RFID chip and have a single place to go to understand the extended product attributes and services.
Access
Agencies can decide to the USPC service directly for the management of their products and services, or integrate via the API depending on the use cases of the market.
Approval Requirements by Category
The UPSC registry system requires approvals when products or services are added. Below are the requirements for which agency must approve each UPSC by product and service code type:
Product Categories
- Electronics & Electrical Devices
- Agency: NIST + FTC + UL
- Devices with Communication Capabilities
- Agency: FCC
- Food & Non-Alcoholic Beverages
- Agency: Food Administration
- Alcoholic Beverages
- Agency: TTB (Alcohol Administration)
- Drugs & Supplements
- Agency: Drug Administration, Health and Administration
- Cosmetics & Personal Care
- Agency: Human and Health Services
- Pesticides & Chemicals
- Agency: EPA
- Children's Products & Toys
- Agency: FTC
- Firearms, Ammunition & Explosives
- Agency: Firearms and Explosives
- Vehicles & Vehicle Components
- Agency: NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration), DOVT
- Technology Operating Systems
- Agency: National Institute of Technology Standards, FCC
- Medical Devices
- Agency: National Institute of Technology Standards, Human and Health
- Consumer Products (Not Food, or Drug)
- Agency: Human and Health
- Animal Populations
- Agency : Animal Population Agency
Service Categories
All service-related codes will select a predefined service type and have their own service code created with a dedicated page available.
Example: A massage organization would select "Swedish massage" where a unique service code would be created for their business.
This ensures we have specific service product types for the market that are managed by their appropriate organization. For example, Human and Health would manage the product types for cosmetic surgery-related service types that medical service organizations would associate with.
Code Structure
- Product codes:
P--category-code-<uniqueid>header - Service codes:
S-<service-type-code>-<uniqueid-to-business>header
System Features and API
Assignments
UPSC codes can be assigned to a personal profile, or a business and be transferred.
Blacklist Management
Federal and Districts will have the ability to blacklist UPSC codes and service types. Some cities do not want certain food, animals or other products in their districts, or specific medical procedures. This capability allows them to disable these during supply chain ordering, at customs and border crossings, and at point of sales.
Trademark Enforcement
Enforce Federal & District trademark laws when UPSC items are added.
Marketing Material
Provide the ability to upload marketing material for the marketplace based on the UPSC code, or service types if the owner doesn't want to create unique content. NIST will provide standards around the size of the metadata and types of content.
Instruction Manuals
Provide the ability to add instruction manuals to UPC codes.
Pre & Post Service Requirements
Provide the ability to specify pre and post service requirements for service types. For example, receiving information for pre surgery and post surgery of a knee surgery procedure that the market can use.
Reviews Integration
Provide the ability to associate review sites based on the product code type, or service type. The .review-sites will be provided their product or service code type in their Homeland Security Domain registration's Operation Administration permit.
RFID Registration
Provide the ability to register unique RFID IDs and associated metadata to product codes when they are produced for lookup by the market. Each RFID code must be registered with the following information:
- Product Code Type (Toys, Phones, etc.)
- Lot Information
- Origin of Production
- Expiration Date (If Applicable)
- UL Device ID (If Applicable)
Additional metadata can be provided based on market needs.
Complaint Management
Provide the ability to handle complaints that are processed to the correct organizations for disposition.
Recall System
Each related agency will have a recall capability via the Department of Commerce if products are defective. They can notify the market of the RFID codes (from Department of Commerce) by selecting data based on attributes.
This recall capability will be sent to businesses who received the RFID products (received from Department of Commerce), and in case of public health emergencies will be sent via the FEMA dispatch system.
All recalls will also be logged to the RFID product and general notice to the UPSC product.
User Interface Features
Scan Capability
Provide the ability for mobile devices to scan RFID tags, or in the case of services, scan a QR Code and go to the UPSC Code Page.
Value Chain Integration
Anytime a product is created, packaged, shipped, provided for sale, received, or displayed, it must contain a valid UPSC Code that can either be scanned by a phone, entered manually, or used with a QR Code.
FTC Attributes
The FTC will ensure all products and services categories have attribute definitions that are clearly defined for the market.