RFID Monitors Handwashing Protocols

Are your food service and healthcare providers following their facility's best practices for hand washing and hygiene? The RFID-enabled HandGiene system will ensure that they are. ...

... "The HandGiene Hand Wash Monitoring and Accountability System uses Patented, Proprietary RFID-enabled Cleanser Dispensers and Proprietary miniaturized, Patent-Pending RFID readers to actively and non-invasively assure compliance by all covered personnel and visitors with a facility’s hand wash protocols. The HandGiene System works with equal, unparalleled efficiency in Hospitals and Healthcare facilities and also, Restaurants and Food Preparation Facilities alike. " ...

Via HandGiene: System Provides Full Accountability (PDF)

Vietnam RFID Seafood Implementation

IBM will partner with Vietnam government to address food safety in the seafood industry. A pilot project will test the technology in the process of origination and export to track freshness to market. ...

... "The traceability system, which will use Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology to track seafood exports, will help ensure export purity and freshness. " ...

Via VietNam News: Fresh Seafood

The RFID technology works well for traceability application in other industries, so it is expected to perform well for seafood from the Vietnam through its supply chain. ...

IBM Seafood Safety: "As part of a pilot project, IBM and FXA will collaborate with several local technology companies in Vietnam to provide a system that will use Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology to track Vietnamese seafood exports -- a market worth more than US$4.25 billion in 2008. The goal of this strategic initiative will allow tracking of the origin of Vietnamese seafood exports and help ensure seafood's freshness upon its arrival in global markets. "

RFID Food Traceability

RFID technology looks to be the natural choice to safeguard food and pharmaceuticals in the supply chain, as the need for traceability is elevated in importance. ...

... "observers expect RFID to emerge as the long-term technology of choice in both the pharmaceutical and food industries. " ...

Via Computerworld: Food poisoning

RFID Sensing Platform

GE Research develops a battery-free sensing platform that exhibits a response to multiple chemicals under various conditions. ...

... "General Electric Company announced a battery-free, multi-detection radio-frequency identification (RFID) sensing platform that could enable a wide range of low cost wireless sensing products in healthcare, security, food packaging, water treatment and pollution prevention. GE's unique RFID sensors are built on traditional RFID tags. " ...

Via MarketWatch: Battery-free, Multi-Detection Wireless Sensors

RFID Temperature Logging Tag

CAEN RFID releases new temperature logger semipassive tag that satisfies the need for low cost and small footprint with a long battery lifetime. It can serve as a pallet-tag and a case-tag. This RFID tag will provide a localized measurement of temperature. ...

... "The EASY2LOG Temperature Logger (Mod. A927Z) is a low cost, semi-passive UHF tag that allows to monitor temperature sensitive products during transportation or storage. Being compatible with the EPC Class1 Gen2/ISO18000-6C standard, EASY2LOG can be used with most of the Gen2 UHF RFID readers available on the market without requiring any additional equipment. " ...

Via CAEN RFID: New RFID temperature logger for food and pharma industry

RFID Inlay Tracking Packed Meat

Avery Dennison RFID will supply AD-222 inlays to the METRO Group for meat tracking pilot program at the Future Store in Toenisvorst, Germany. ...

... "The AD-222 inlay will be used to tag the foam meat packing trays used in METRO's real, Future Store. The meat tagging application will help METRO better manage the flow of its perishable products, cut down on cost and save time on restocking.

The European Avery Dennison RFID team worked to develop a solution, including a feasibility study and the tag design. The RFID tags will be applied to the foam meat packing tray and one of the particular challenges was to meet safety requirements for labeling food. Avery Dennison RFID worked together with Fasson Roll Materials Europe, a division of Avery Dennison, to provide S-2000N food contact compliant adhesive. The RFID tags are readable when stacked in the freezer and meet METRO Group's food labeling safety requirements. " ...

Via Avery Dennison RFID: RFID Inlay Utilized in Meat Tagging Application for Metro Group

RFID in Food Industry

RFID Conference is planned for Wednesday, May 14th. ...

... "Penn State Behrend's RFID Center of Excellence: This year's conference features five sessions presented by companies experiencing the benefits of RFID, as well as organizations that are providing RFID solutions throughout the food industry. " ...

Via Behrend RFID Center: RFID Conference 2008