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Weyerhaeuser Offers High-Volume Source Tagging, But Demand Still Low The company is supplying pretagged cardboard boxes to several of its customers, and plans to license its process for manufacturing RFID-tagged cardboard to International Paper and other firms.

All Eyes on FDA for Drug E-Pedigree Now that California has extended its electronic-pedigree deadline to 2011, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration could become the first governing body to issue e-pedigree requirements for protecting the pharma supply chain—assuming it meets its goal.

Kodak Markets Optical Marker as RFID Alternative The company says its Traceless System, which requires a Kodak optical reader, can be used in conjunction with bar codes to authenticate pharmaceuticals. Unlike RFID tags, however, the Traceless marker requires a clear line of sight.

RFID Helps Reward Consumers for Recycling Kraft Foods joins RecycleBank in its use of RFID to track and reward consumers for recycling.

Researchers Say Sharing Is the Key to Privacy for EPC Tags Three computer scientists say they have devised a means of protecting tag data by using a method that disperses pieces of a decryption key among multiple RFID tags.

Startup Seeks to Kick-start RFID in Trinidad RFIDTT wants to help the oil-producing Caribbean country move to a knowledge-based economy, and is hoping RFID will be the catalyst.

RFID Journal, EPCglobal to Provide Compliance Training for Sam's Club Suppliers The partners will coproduce an "EPC Compliance and Benefits Training" preconference seminar during RFID Journal LIVE! 2008 in Las Vegas, April 16-18.

Unilever Hungary Looks for Weak Links in Ice Cream's Cold Chain Last summer, the company used temperature-sensing battery-assisted RFID tags to monitor storage and handling conditions at the factory, distribution centers and stores.

Wegmans Eyeing RFID for Prescription Management The supermarket operator is planning to test whether placing RFID tags on customers' prescription orders will make locating and ringing up the orders faster and more accurate.

Monsanto Hopes to Sow Benefits by Tagging Seed Packets The company's Agracetus division is set to launch a pilot next month to evaluate RFID for tracking cases of experimental seeds.