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A Review on Agri-food Supply Chain Traceability by Means of RFID Technology

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Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is a technology which provides appealing opportunities to improve the management of information flow within the supply chain and security in the agri-food sector. Nowadays, food safety is considered a major requirement in several countries, in particular, the traceability of food products which is mandatory by law. Thus, technological implementation leading to traceability strengthening in the agri-food sector is crucial. The first aim of this review is to analyze the current developments in RFID technology in the agri-food sector, through an operative framework which organizes the literature and facilitate a quick content analysis identifying future research direction. RFID technology seems to be able to bring great opportunities to this sector; nevertheless, several constraints are slowing its adoption. This survey may provide readers with an exhaustive overview of opportunities and constraints for the wide adoption of RFID. The second aim of this review is to provide an updated analysis on the current developments of RFID technology for different product typologies within the agri-food industry, discussing at the same time its potential in technological and logistical development regarding different sectors of the production/distribution chain. As referenced here, RFID implementations in the agri-food sector are increasing at a fast rate, and technological advancement follows the applicability opportunities. However, real applications of RFID technologies are still limited because of various technical and economical obstacles which are also discussed.

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Part of this work is the result of the stage attended by Dr. Corrado Costa (CRA-ING, Italy) at the ICM-CSIC (Barcelona, Spain). A special thank you is given to Mrs. V. Radovanovic (Anaxomic) for her text revision. J. Aguzzi is a Postdoctoral Fellow of the Ramón y Cajal Program (MICINN). Finalized research projects “TRACEFLOR” supported by the Italian Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and “RITFIM” Project (CTM2010-16274) funded by the Spanish Ministry for Science and Innovation (MICINN).

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Costa, C., Antonucci, F., Pallottino, F. et al. A Review on Agri-food Supply Chain Traceability by Means of RFID Technology. Food Bioprocess Technol 6, 353–366 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11947-012-0958-7

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