FDA RFID Compliance: FDA Encourages Radio Tags on Drug Bottles

From Yahoo News ... The chips, called radio frequency identification or RFID tags, can be attached to packaging to track products or check their authenticity. ...

... Viagra, Oxycontin and some AIDS (news - web sites) drugs will be among the first to carry radio chip tracking devices under a new Food and Drug Administration (news - web sites) initiative to prevent theft and counterfeiting announced on Monday. The FDA (news - web sites) said it was lifting restrictions on labeling that may have discouraged companies from testing out the little antennas, which can be used to trace drugs from factory to pharmacy. ...