Selwyn Piramuthu
University of Florida, USA
Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J Food Process Technol
The criticality of safety in the food industry cannot be overstated. Given the extent of damage caused by recent contamination events, there is a clear need to understand the underlying dynamics of these events so that measures can be taken to prevent them completely or reduce the extent of damage they create once they are allowed to happen. Traceability has been proposed as a means to address this issue. RFID systems dominate in terms of the advantages they deliver in tracking and tracing applications in general. We consider RFID-enabled traceability in food supply chains including their costs and benefits, issues and challenges, and the current state-of-the-art.