September is We Card Awareness Month and it’s a great time to train or re-train employees and raise awareness of FDA regulations and Texas state law compliance.
Gov. Abbott Proclamation – September is We Card Awareness Month in Texas
TFFA encourages all retailers to continue in their efforts to successfully identify and prevent underage age-restricted product sales. We Card resources include:
We Card’s 2021 materials (including signage, calendars, decals, and kits) are now available to order at www.wecard.org.
We Card’s online training and its mystery shopping service — ID Check-Up. Help equip your store employees with the knowledge while you can gauge their performance with mystery shops.
Get an updated state law summary or a Federal Law Summary on FDA regulated products and requirements of retailers. See the Resource Center at www.wecard.org(login required).
We Card’s Age Checker App, a smartphone app that scans driver’s license bar codes and provides an "OK to Sell" or "Do Not Sell" message — available in the App Store and Google Play. Learn more here.
Conexxus and NACS are leading efforts to revolutionize age verification at retail. The turnkey, next-generation solution will verify a user’s age while also protecting personal information and delivering a frictionless experience. Detailed specifications are being completed that standardize the age-verification process at the point of sale that will include ID validation, age calculation, procedures for non-supported IDs, and the ability to anonymize verification to protect personal information and consumer privacy.
