Hold the Onions—and the E.coli
Another outbreak of E. coli in the United States raises concerns and calls for more intense regulation. What about better tracking?
Starbucks Keeps Fresh With RFID
The coffee purveyor is tracking perishable foods en route to its stores, to ensure they arrive unspoiled.
Study Finds High Economic Gains from RFID Deployments
According to University of Texas researchers, RFID technologies have already added $40 billion in benefits to the retail and health-care sectors, despite relatively low adoption of item-level RFID tagging.
Newbury Networks Offers Alternative to Cisco Tracking Appliance
The company’s location appliance works with existing Wi-Fi access points and supports PanGo’s asset-locating software, as well its own.
New RFID Tag Withstands Industrial Sterilization
A company called AdvantaPure that specializes in ultra-clean products for the pharmaceutical, biomedical, food, and cosmetic industries, has released the GammaTag, which it claims is the first and only RFID tag that can withstand sterilization by gamma radiation.
Hold the Onions—and the E.coli
Another outbreak of E. coli in the United States raises concerns and calls for more intense regulation. What about better tracking?
EC Ruling Harmonizes Use of UHF for RFID
The European Commission’s decision specifies UHF spectrum for RFID, requiring EU member nations to designate and make available that spectrum within the next six months.
DHS Privacy Committee Finalizes Report on RFID IDs
DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff will soon receive the 15-page advisory report, which the coauthors hope will impact the U.S. government’s approach to incorporating RFID technology in identification documents.
Injunction May Slow Momentum for RFID E-Pedigrees
Efforts to document the transfer of drugs in the pharmaceutical supply chain using RFID-enabled electronic pedigrees have suffered a blow with a federal court judge’s issuance of an injunction that blocks the FDA’s pedigree requirement.
Aerospace ID to Launch RFID Trials in 2007
The industry-led research organization is studying EPC-compatible ID numbers for aircraft parts, as well as the creation of information search service to reveal a part’s life-cycle history.