RFID Data Loggers in Fish Supply Chain Traceability

Abstract

Radio frequency identification (RFID) is an innovative and well-recognized technology that supports all kinds of traceability systems in many areas. It becomes very important in the food industry where the electronic systems are used to capture the data in the supply chain. Additionally, RFID data loggers with sensors are available to perform a cold chain optimization for perishable foods. This paper presents the temperature monitoring solution at the box level in the fish supply chain as part of the traceability system implemented with RFID technology. RFID data loggers are placed inside the box to measure the temperature of the product and on the box for measuring ambient temperature. The results show that the system is very helpful during the phases of storage and transportation of fish to provide the quality control. The sensor data is available immediately at the delivery to be checked on the mobile RFID reader and afterwards stored in the traceability systems database to be presented on a web to stakeholders and private consumers.

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Read Range Enhancement of a Sensing RFID Tag by Photovoltaic Panel

“…Concerning RFID architectures with sensors, microcontrollers can be used in combination with RFID chips and different types of sensors (e.g., temperature, light, and moisture content [4][5][6][7]; chemical sensing [8][9][10][11][12]; pressure [13]; general RFID platforms for different sensing applications [14][15][16]; surface acoustic wave (SAW) sensors [17] or built-in sensors; and typically temperature sensors [18]). There are also some examples of single chip architecture without a microcontroller unit [19][20][21][22][23]. In these strategies, the main advantage compared to the analog read of the tag is the direct processing of the sensor data in the RFID tag.…”

Information and Communication Technologies for the Safety and Security of Fish and Fishery Products

“…Consumers became awarning regarding the nutritional benefits of fish and fishery products consumption on their health, but, at the same time, but this involve the need of accessing more information regarding where their food, including fish products, has been produced about the process history, and handling actions during the delivery [12], [17]. Therefore, in order to improve the food security, many countries have implemented traceability systems, having as aim to increase the consumers' confidence in the food products.…”