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GS1 Hong Kong Launches Online Track-and-Trace Platform The organization says the ezTrack platform will enable the region's firms to more easily adopt EPC RFID, and to use the technology to gain end-to-end supply chain visibility.

New Zealand's National Cattle ID Project Gets $23 Million The funding should help the National Animal Identification and Tracing project meet its goal of having all cattle and deer in the country RFID-tagged and registered by 2011.

Omron Adds Secure RFID Protocol to EPC Gen 2 Reader The company says the interrogator is the first on the market to include support for the data-protecting protocol, developed in Japan and expected to be available on tags made with Hitachi's µ-chip Hibiki.

Rugged Tags Survive Deep-Sea Test Passive RFID tags deployed at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico for four months continued to operate once retrieved, according to the technology's developer, Wescorp Energy.

Industry Opinion Favors RFID for Drug E-pedigree Comments received by the FDA show a preference for RFID technology—generally EPC—for a pharmaceutical e-pedigree identification system, with 2-D bar-coding as a backup.

Industry Groups Study RFID at the Supply Chain's End New ISO guidelines explore the environmental impact of RFID tags, and how to employ them to facilitate product recycling; an EPA-funded project is studying the use of RFID to aid in the recycling of consumer electronics.

Equipment Inspectors Find Safety in RFID Construction equipment suppliers use N4 Systems' RFID-based solution to track inspection records of equipment in the field, at work sites and mines.

Printed Electronics Start-up Specializes in Low-Volume Tag Production By focusing on production runs as small as 150 units, Mu-Gahat says it provides companies with greater flexibility for testing and development.

Routeware Launches RFID Solution for Waste Haulers The system employs low-frequency RFID interrogators on trash-collection trucks to identify tagged waste and recycling containers, as well as track the recycling efforts of the residents they serve.

New RFID Technology Helps Kraft, P&G, Kimberly-Clark Go the Distance The three CPG manufacturers have been piloting Mojix's RFID system, which employs a single interrogator to read tags from up to 600 feet away.