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Track and Trace Applying Technology To The Paddock to Plate Supply Chain

Potential for Error is Everywhere • Incorrect mixing • Misread checklists • Inaccurate labelling • Contaminated raw materials • At best, embarrassment and tarnished brand • Even worse, product that leads to illness and death

Australian Standards Are High • In meat and livestock alone, over Supply chain position Safety program/initiative On-farm •Livestock Production Assurance a dozen programs and initiatives •LPA Quality Assurance ensure safety and quality Feedlot •National Feedlot Accreditation Scheme • Even in highly regulated food Transport •TruckCare Saleyards •National Saleyard Quality Assurance production, the unthinkable can Program occur Processing. •Australian Government Legislation and Standards • The challenge is to continually •AQIS health certificate •Australian Government Halal Slaughter improve public health and safety Program •Micro-organism monitoring • Primary focus on identifying and •MLA food safety program •National Residue Survey intercepting hazards during Export •Department of Agriculture Biosecurity production Overall supply chain •National Livestock Identification System •AUS-MEAT

Things Can and Will Go Wrong • Listeria • Salmonella • Allergens • Ramifications are enormous • Financial penalties • Reputational damage • Prosecution

Recalls Happen • FSANZ develops food standards and tracks recalls • Microbial contamination • Incorrect Labelling • Foreign matter contamination • Chemical contamination • Allergen contamination • Bio-toxin contamination • Tampering • Other • Removal of product is a shared responsibility

Final Inventory • 1 major grocery distributor • 10,000 pallets a day • 3.6 million pallets a year • Each stacked 2m high with varied contents • 0.1% inaccuracy in the identification of contents = 3,600 pallets manually checked each year

Tracking Technology • Printed codes provide fast and accurate identification • Used throughout the supply chain • So commonplace we hardly notice them • Still very capable and effective

Symbology Uses Old format used in libraries and blood banks and on airbills (out of Codabar date) Code 25 – Non-interleaved 2 of 5 Industrial Code Types Code 25 – Interleaved 2 of 5 Wholesale, libraries International standard ISO/IEC 16390 Code 11 Telephones (out of date) Code 39 Various – international standard ISO/IEC 16388 Code 93 Various Code 128 Various – International Standard ISO/IEC 15417 CPC Binary DUN 14 Various • Printed code types now run into Addon code (magazines), GS1-approved – not an own symbology – EAN 2 to be used only with an EAN/UPC according to ISO/IEC 15420 the dozens Addon code (books), GS1-approved – not an own symbology – to EAN 5 be used only with an EAN/UPC according to ISO/IEC 15420 • Supply chain codes managed Worldwide retail, GS1-approved – International Standard ISO/IEC EAN-8, EAN-13 15420 Facing Identification Mark USPS business reply mail internationally by the organisation GS1-128 (formerly named UCC/EAN-128), various, GS1-approved -is just an application of the Code 128 incorrectly referenced as EAN (ISO/IEC 15417) using the ANS MH10.8.2 AI Datastructures. Its not 128 and UCC 128 an own symbology. GS1 GS1 DataBar, formerly Reduced Space Various, GS1-approved Symbology (RSS) Healthcare[30] – is a datastructure to be used with Code 128, Code HIBC (HIBCC Health Industry Bar Code) 39 or Data Matrix United States Postal Service, replaces both POSTNET and Intelligent Mail barcode PLANET symbols (formerly named OneCode) Non-retail packaging levels, GS1-approved – is just an Interleaved ITF-14 2/5 Code (ISO/IEC 16390) with a few additional specifications, according to the GS1 General Specifications Used in Japan, similar and compatible with EAN-13 (ISO/IEC JAN 15420) KarTrak ACI Used in North America on railroad rolling equipment Latent image barcode Color print film MSI Used for warehouse shelves and inventory Pharmacode Pharmaceutical packaging (no international standard available) PLANET United States Postal Service (no international standard available) • The same codes are used the Catalogs, store shelves, inventory (no international standard Plessey available) PostBar Canadian Post office world over POSTNET United States Postal Service (no international standard available) RM4SCC / KIX Royal Mail / Royal TPG Post Telepen Libraries (UK) Worldwide retail, GS1-approved – International Standard ISO/IEC U.P.C. 15420

Advanced Code Reading • Modern code readers pick up codes on fast moving objects with extreme reliability • Can reconstruct damaged codes and read at 99.99% accuracy rates

Primary Packaging • Primary packaging is the brand carrier. • Stable, complete, hygienic. • If coded information is correct then products pass to the next stage • Can be used for sorting different product on one line

Secondary Packaging • Trays • Inserts • Flow packs • Code reading technologies used to track and sort packed goods

Final Packaging • Protection and identification for transport • Serial Shipping Container Code labelling • Used for control and tracking from the supplier through the distributor to the consumer • Goods must arrive in perfect condition and have labelling that can be read

Radio Frequency Identification • RFID is hardly new • WWII : Air forces use passive radio transponders to identify aircraft • 1945: Soviet spies using passive radio listening devices • 1948: Harry Stockman publishes seminal paper on reflected power communication • 1959: The IFF long range aircraft transponder system becomes operational • 1973: First modern transponder with memory patented • 1975: Los Alamos research released to public • 1977: First RFID number plates introduced

RFID in our everyday • RFID is filtering through to almost every aspect of our lives • Passport control • Baggage handling • Theft prevention • Building access • Bulk material handling

Benefits of RFID • RFID tags can read and can also be written to • Information can be modified • Perfect for handling and process control of bulk materials

Benefits of RFID • Automotive plants have used RFID for years • Tags are attached to car bodies • Advise options and transmit location of vehicle to MRP software • The tag does not have to be directly visible to the reader

Benefits of RFID • Readers can be mounted on dispensing equipment and detect tags within range • Tomato growers can track trailers and even record the tonnage of tomatoes on tags for the downstream processor

Benefits of RFID • With RFID it is no longer necessary to present individual products to a reader • All tags within range can be read and written to • Quick method for identifying tainted or defective products in a consolidated shipment

Both Pieces of the Puzzle • Printed codes and RFID each have their advantages and disadvantages • Processors and supply chain managers must choose the most appropriate technology • Printed code reading has a huge installed base and will be around for a while yet • But RFID technologies continue to improve in performance, cost, and size

Cost of Hardware • RFID interrogators are comparable to printed code readers in cost • Tags are now considered disposable • Wine producers incorporate tags into labels or corks • Garment manufacturers now incorporate cleanable tags into collars and hems

Minimise the Impact • The ultimate solution would be to eliminate recalls altogether • This is not going to happen • Plan ahead – know how a situation should be managed • Use suitable MRP systems with effective one-up, one-down databases • Chose technology that can and transmit information quickly and accurately • Identify problems quickly and contain them

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