Intelligent Global Pooling Systems (iGPS) announced that ConAgra Foods, a North American food maker, is shipping its products on iGPS’ all-plastic, RFID-enabled pallets. The all-plastic pallets look to be the ideal fit for food maker, as they are thirty percent lighter and aren’t susceptible to insect infestation, require no chemical treatments and eliminate the risks […]

European provider of returnable transport packaging for the flower and plant industry, Container Centralen have selected Nordic ID as part of Container Centralen’s Operation Chip It. Operation Chip It is a tagging operation in which all 3.5 million CC Containers get new tags. This is to protect the CC Pool System from illegal copies of […]

The first Below Poverty Line (BPL) families in Mangalore, India are receiving smart cards starting at the end of March, according to The Times of India. The smart cards, which are intended to replace old ration cards, facilitate government distribution of basic amenities to families in need. The distribution plan is based on a survey […]

The South Texas Coop Child Nutrition Program has selected Green Edge Systems, for its wireless temperature monitoring system and it’s iQuality handheld PDA. The iQuality PDA has an integrated RFID reader that allows users to read RFID temperature tags that are placed inside each of the refrigeration units. It has no screws or connecting parts […]

The Tenuta dell’Ornellaia estate in Tuscany plans to equip its range of various wines with RFID tags to prevent product pirates, according to Wein-Plus.com. The bottles will be equipped with RFID to supports two functions: the trace of distribution throughout the supply chain and to prevent any black market activity and guaranteeing authenticity of its […]

Dutch active RFID provider Ambient Systems and Information Highway Group (IHG), a Spanish systems integrator, have announced a successful pilot run of their new Cool Chain Monitor system. The pilot was conducted with Bionest, Spain’s largest organic strawberry producer, and involved the use of RFID technology to monitor the temperature of strawberries as they traveled […]

A federal court has ruled in favor of the state of Michigan and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) over a group of Amish farmers protesting the mandatory use of RFID tags in their cattle. The lawsuit was filed against the Michigan Department of Agriculture (MDA) and the USDA in 2008 by the Farm-to-Consumer Legal […]

The Vietnamese State Agency for Technological Innovation (SATI) has announced a pilot project aimed at accelerating the adoption of RFID-enabled food traceability solutions by Vietnam’s seafood producers. The project is a collaboration between SATI, the Vietnam association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP), IBM, and enterprise traceability solutions provider FXA Group. Vietnam, one of the […]

InSync Software Inc. has announced a new partnership with IBM. The two companies have formed an original equipment manufacturer agreement with IBM that will enable InSync to integrate IBM’s InfoSphere Traceability Server software as part of its food safety solutions. InSync’s software solutions are created for companies in the fresh and processed foods, meat and […]

The United States Department of Agriculture urged a federal judge on Thursday to dismiss a case brought by a group of Amish farmers in Michigan. The farmers feel that a program, which used RFID tags to track and prevent disease in cattle, is an infringement on their fundamental religious beliefs and constitutes the “mark of […]