"RFID advances help food traceability

By Ahmed ElAmin


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12-Jan-2006 - Advances in RFID make the technology more useful to food processors in tracing and tracking their products."

[link to www.foodproductiondaily.com]

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"Frozen-Food Distributor Tests RFID

Having established its own RFID center, Richmond Cold Storage provides RFID testing services for a range of meat, frozen food and other products.

By Jonathan Collins

Sept. 28, 2004—Of the many manufacturers facing demands from Wal-Mart, the Department of Defense and a range of others to meet RFID tagging mandates on their shipments, some food suppliers are facing an especially tough situation.

Patrick Hughes

“There is so much moisture in meat, frozen or not, and RFID hates moisture,” says Pat Hughes, director of operations at Richmond Cold Storage Co., which is based in Richmond, Va."
[link to www.rfidjournal.com]

Links galore from the purveyors themselves:
[link to rfid.idtechex.com]



Interesting discussion thread w/ pic of RFID chip in an HK pistol:
[link to www.hk-usa.com]

Hmmmm. . . .
[link to www.whynot.net]

The Spychip essential FAQs--and answers:
[link to www.spychips.com]

Along the lines of the above and with GREAT pics of actual chips/tags as used in various consumer products, PLUS lotsa good links:
[link to www.none-o-your.biz]

[link to epic.org]

[link to rfidnas.com]

Airline food?
[link to www.rfidjournal.com]

"Hi there. We are BIG RFID and this is what we can do for your business" ($hit)
[link to www.rfidfood.com]

The title is "RFID for Animals, Food and Farming 2008-2018"
This scourge is NOT going away, folks.
For a mere $2,500, these folks will let you have their report re. the bennies and implications of RFID in PDF format--for $2,700 you can have the print copy. SCARY stuff. D@mn.
[link to www.electronics.ca]

"Don't mess with Texas!"--Instruments, that is. TI has long been a BIG player in the RFID biz:
[link to www.ti.com]

Read & enjoy. ;(