RFID TECHNOLOGY TO IMPROVE FOOD AND DRINK SAFETY MONITORING
January 1st, 2014
BY LEE ADENDORFF THE USE of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags in the food and drink sector might have grown exponentially in the past 10 years, but the technology is likely to become even more ubiquitous worldwide. UK-based retailers and pioneers in the use of the technology Marks & Spencer and Tesco can now chalk up a decade of experience in the use of RFID, from distribution centre (DC) operations right through to retail floor item-level tagging. German wholesale giant Metro began rolling out an incremental RFID program in 2004 at its numerous ...
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