Item-level Radio-Frequency IDentification for the traceability of food products: Application on a dairy product

Barge, Paolo; Merlino, Valentina Maria; Tortia, Cristina

doi:10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2013.10.019

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“…They found the ePedigree traceability system could efficiently monitor and control agricultural food quality and prevent the distribution of counterfeit food products. Barge et al [23] presented an item-level RFID traceability system for a high value, pressed, long-ripened cheese. They investigated the effectiveness of RFID technology by experimenting with different techniques of RFID tags to verify their reading performance and system reliability.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Economic Analysis of a Traceability System for a Two-Level Perishable Food Supply Chain

Zhu¹

2017

Sustainability

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Food waste stemmed from food contamination and ineffective quality control is a significant challenge to food management. Supply chain traceability has become an essential task of the food industry for guaranteeing food quality and safety and reducing food waste. Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) has emerged as a lead technology in the development of traceability systems, which enable automatically capturing of food information along the supply chain. However, the significant investment cost has been a major obstacle in the diffusion of traceability systems in the food industry. This study conducts a cost-benefit analysis of a RFID-enabled traceability system for a two-level perishable food supply chain, which consists of an upstream supplier and a downstream retailer. Consumer perceptions of food quality and safety are jointly considered when evaluating the value of a traceability system. The optimal decisions of the supply chain participants are derived in both centralized and decentralized systems, in terms of wholesale price, order quantity, price markdowns, and granularity level of the traceability system. The results show that a dynamic pricing policy supported by the traceability system could significantly reduce food waste and improve the retailer's performance. We further propose a two-part tariff contract to coordinate the supply chain and to distribute benefits and costs of the traceability system between supply chain participants. This study demonstrates that a well-developed traceability system could significantly improve the supply chain performance and become a profitable investment for the food industry.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Economic Analysis of a Traceability System for a Two-Level Perishable Food Supply Chain

Zhu¹

2017

Sustainability

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“…The internal implanting of tags within foods was successfully carried out for cheese traceability (Papetti et al 2012;Barge et al 2014). Infotracing Web-based systems were designed to acquire basic link information that can be made available to the final consumer or to different food chain players before or after purchasing, using the RFID code to identify the single and specific cheese product.…”

Section: How Electronic Identification Can Support Food Safetymentioning

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“…In Europe, these materials are regulated by the Framework Regulation EC 1935(European Commission 2004) and they must not transfer their components into the foods in unacceptable quantities. Currently, there is a lack of analysis about tag compatibility with this regulation, even if a proper coating of special resins or plastic materials approved for food contact could allow their use (Barge et al 2014).…”

Section: How Electronic Identification Can Support Food Safetymentioning

confidence: 99%

Electronic identification technology for agriculture, plant, and food. A review

Luvisi

2016

Agron. Sustain. Dev.

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Automation in agriculture should improve plant health, product quality, and production efficiency. However the actual use of electronic identification tools in agriculture is limited. Therefore, I review here electronic identification applications to support plant health and production and agricultural sustainability. The major points are as follows: (1) there is a tenfold increase of literature on the application of radio frequency identification in agriculture from 2000-2004 to 2005-2009. (2) Development of quick response code and radio frequency identification solutions are improving automated systems. (3) There is a major advancement in associating thermal sensors to electronic tags to preserve food quality and to manage temperature-controlled supply chain. Whereas tests with biosensors used for biological or chemical alerts are limited. (4) Agrochemical tagging, using radio frequency identification tags, improve plant health management and environmental monitoring. (5) While phytosanitary certifications are mandatory in high-cost cultivation systems and a need for risk management may promote radiofrequency identification (RFID) systems, the lack of specific economic analyses may discourage farmers and investors.

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“…As a consequence, some noticeable technical difficulties to obtain exhaustive and reliable identification of food items in critical production environments are encountered (Clarke et al, 2006;Mühlmann and Witschnig, 2007). One negative effect on tag performances, both in static and dynamic conditions, is the variation of the electric field in the proximity of a food object due to its dielectric properties, which influence reflections, transmission and absorption rates (Barge et al, 2014).…”

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Passive ultra high frequency radio frequency identification systems for single-item identification in food supply chains

Barge

Merlino

Tortia

2017

J Agricult Engineer

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In the food industry, composition, size, and shape of items are much less regular than in other commodities sectors. In addition, a wide variety of packaging, composed by different materials, is employed. As material, size and shape of items to which the tag should be attached strongly influence the minimum power requested for tag functioning, performance improvements can be achieved only selecting suitable radio frequency (RF) identifiers for the specific combination of food product and packaging. When dealing with logistics units, the dynamic reading of a vast number of tags could originate simultaneous broadcasting of signals (tag-to-tag collisions) that could affect reading rates and the overall reliability of the identification procedure. This paper reports the results of an analysis of the reading performance of ultra high frequency radio frequency identification systems for multiple static and dynamic electronic identification of food packed products in controlled conditions. Products were considered when arranged on a logistics pallet. The effects on reading rate of different factors, among which the product type, the gate configuration, the field polarisation, the power output of the RF reader, the interrogation protocol configuration as well as the transit speed, the number of tags and their interactions were statistically analysed and compared.

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Item-level Radio-Frequency IDentification for the traceability of food products: Application on a dairy product

Cited by 65 publications

References 29 publications

Economic Analysis of a Traceability System for a Two-Level Perishable Food Supply Chain

Economic Analysis of a Traceability System for a Two-Level Perishable Food Supply Chain

Electronic identification technology for agriculture, plant, and food. A review

Passive ultra high frequency radio frequency identification systems for single-item identification in food supply chains

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