http://blog.nxp.com/rf-identification/rfid-4-food-quality-and-efficiency-for-todays-consumablesFood can be a complicated subject. On the one hand, it can keep you healthy and strong when it’s fresh, but let it sit for too long, or in the wrong conditions, and it can become poison. The need to feed the growing world population has led to remarkable innovations, with higher crop yields and the ability to mass-produce a staggering array of items, yet inefficiencies in the distribution network mean a significant amount of food goes to waste. Millions of people around the world don’t have access to a proper food supply, but in certain trading zones the market for luxury foodstuffs is so strong that it attracts counterfeiters and black-market activities.
Food Involves Everyone
Throughout the supply chain for food, from producers and retailers to government regulators and end consumers, there are questions of quality, authenticity, and affordability.
Source: NXP Blog