1 INFRATAB FRESHTIME RFID WORLD PRESENTATION I

4/12/2011

Monitoring Fresh Produce

Temperatures During Shipping

Dr. John Ryan

Administrator, Quality Assurance Division

Hawaii State Department of Agriculture

http://www.AsiaPalletPooling.com

http://www.GTSLLC.co

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•85-90% of Hawaii’s food comes from outside the State

•The cold chain is a critical aspect of food safety

•The Food Safety Modernization Act requires international solutions

•Delayed shipments mean spoilage, shrinkage and lost money

•RFID temperature tracking provides critical corrective action information

Water Soil Produce

FARM USHI9Y4

Pesticides and

Chemical

Fertilizers

Microbial

Unknowns

Samples

Lab AnalysisPrimary Risk

Assessment (1)

Site Visit Risk

Assessment

Food Safety

Certification (3)

QAD State

Inspectors

State Hosted

System (5)

System Reports

Distribution

Center

Restaurant

Retailer

Public ID

# AccessUSHI9Y4

Food Supply Chain Traceability System (2)

Real-Time Biosensors & Temp/Hum Sensors (4)

VBA Marketing

Capabilities

Hawaii RFID Produce Traceability

and Food Safety 2007-2008: Some History

Farm to Distribution to Retail RFID 1st in the Nation

Pallet and Case Level Passive RFID

Motorola readers-Globe Ranger Software –Lowry Integration

First Project Implementation

• Phase I: Pilot RFID Test • Motorola readers-Globe Ranger Software –Lowry Integration

A. 6-12 month pilot test of an RFID system at small volume

production Farm – Distribution- Retail (produce pallet and

case)

B. The first (Award Winning) RFID Farm-to-Retail pilot in the

U.S.

C. RFID lab established

• Recession/Depression Hits

• No money at Fed or State Levels to continue

• Along comes Asia Pallet Pooling/Global Tracking Systems (2010)

Pilot Project Issues• Costs (Hardware, Integration, Software, Tags)

• Technical Complexity – Requires a new type

of employee on the technical side.

Mushrooms, tomatoes, asparagus, papaya, pineapple

Changes 2011 and Into the Future

•Reader, software costs greatly reduced (reader chips)

•Bar Code replaces RFID at case level ($.007)

•Intelleflex BAP temperature sensors replace passive tags

at the pallet level (reusable, long read range, etc.)

•Plastic pallets replace wood for food safety (APP)

•International food safety concerns arise (cold chain)

Much lower cost, sustainable, easier implementation at

the farm level but serves rapid electronic based recall

The Food Safety Enhancement ActSanitary Transportation – The “delivery of safe food”

Enhancing Tracking and Tracing of Food and Recordkeeping

Provisions for secure electronic data sharing

Temperature Controls for Produce Food Safety

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Title III: Improving the Safety of Imported Food

• Foreign supplier verification program.

• Voluntary qualified importer program.

• Authority to require import certifications for food.

• Prior notice of imported food shipments.

• Building food safety capacity of foreign governments

• Inspection of foreign food facilities.

• Accreditation of third-party auditors.

• Foreign offices of the Food and Drug Administration.

• Smuggled food.

Asia and Food Safety Planning

• China: Establish a system to track in and out

• GS1 Hong Kong ezTrack funded by the

Chinese Government

• GS1 Hong Kong working with Global

Tracking Systems and Asia Pallet Pooling

• Taiwanese government and RFID Goal

“We’re number 1!”

The Global Tracking System Solution

Intelleflex TMT 8500

Temp Sensor Tags

Distance Matters - 450’ versus 40’

Passive RFID

Intelleflex

Extended Capability RFID

Global Tracking Systems

Motorola 9090G Reader Input Screens

Monitoring Product Integrity Along the Cold Chain

Client‘s

Warehouse

FreightTerminal

FreightTerminal

Freight ForwarderWarehouse

Destination

graphical view

°C

date/time

°C max

°C min

alert

defined process steps

•1 •2 •3 •4 •5 •6 •7 •8

Aon the plane

alert received

ezTRACK / GTS Cold Chain Web Portal

Hawaii’s Interisland Tracking Test

Plastic Pallet

RFID Temp Tag

Load APP

Pallet

Tag Cases With

Bar Code

Traceability

RFID Intelleflex

Temp-Tag

APP Pallet

APP Pallet

Ship

Read Data

Parent-ChildRFID/BarCode

Data Relationship

Established

Farm Level

Handheld

Local iFSS

DatabaseGS1

•Pallet RFID Temp. Tracking

•Bar Coded Cases

•Parent Child Relationship

•Local Data Held Locally

•Shareable Data in the Cloud

Integrated Food Safety System

Provides Control

Integrated Food Safety Data System (iFSS)Suppliers Food Safety Data

RFID/Bar Code Readers

Risk Analysis/Ranking System1. Certification

2. Sampling

3. Traceability

Electronic Data Collection Edgeware1. RFID

2. BarCode

3. Sensor Data)

SQL Database

System Processing1. Recall

2. Process ROI

3. Traceability

Internet/Intranet Traceability Access

Supply Chain

Trading Partners

Intelleflex RFIDAPP Pallet

Tag Temp Reads

Intelleflex Pallet Tag

Reads at

Incoming

Intelleflex Pallet Tag

Reads at

Cooler-In

Transit

Parent-ChildRFID/BarCode

Data Relationship

Established

Portal

Portal

Handheld

Intelleflex

Temp-Tag

APP Pallet

Outgoing

Pallet Build

LocaliFSS

Database

Tagged Cases

With Advanced

Traceability

Bar Code Tags

Tag Reads @

Cooler & Ship Out

Distribution

Center

GS1

•Continuous Intelleflex Tag

Data Collection

•RFID Portal Reads

•Reconfigured Pallets

•RFID Hand Held Reads

•Local Data Held Locally

•Shared Data to the Cloud

Retail Outlet

Incoming

Handheld

Retail Outlet

Incoming

Handheld

Retail Outlet

Incoming

Handheld

Retail Outlet

Incoming

Handheld

Retail Outlet

Incoming

Handheld

Retail Outlet

Incoming

Handheld

Retail Chain

iFSS

Database

GS1

•Retail Level Controls

•Data Local and Cloud

•Cloud Allows Corrective Action Planning by Cold Chain Members

Load Pallet

Tag Cases With

HarvestMark

Bar Code

Tags

RFID Temp-Tag

Pallet

Pallet

Ship

Read Data

RFID Pallet

Tag Temp Reads

Pallet Tag

Reads atDist Center Incoming

Pallet Tag

Reads atDist Center Cooler-In

ezTRACKor

Internet

Primary

Tracking

Database

Parent-ChildRFID/BarCode

Data Relationship

Established

Farm Level

Transit

Parent-ChildRFID/BarCode

Data Relationship

Established

Handheld

Portal

Portal

Handheld

RFID Temp-Tag

Pallet

Outgoing

Pallet Build

Local

Know-the-Flow

Database

Local

Know-The-Flow

Database

Tagged Cases

With HarvestMark

Bar Code

Tags

Read Data

Cooler/Ship Out

Distribution

Center

Retail Outlet

Incoming

Handheld

Retail Outlet

Incoming

Handheld

Retail Outlet

Incoming

Handheld

Retail Outlet

Incoming

Handheld

Retail Outlet

Incoming

Handheld

RetailOutlet

Handheld

Retail Chain

Know-the-Flow

Database

Complete Flow Providesa. RFID/Bar Code Traceability

b. Managed Cold Chain

c. Reduced Risks and Costs

d. Reusable Components

e. Data Where it is Needed

Project Status

• Currently tags are tested

• Pallets tested to 2800 lb load

• Reader API issues using converted Motorola

9090G hand held reader upgrades cause delays

• GS1 HK system/ezTRACK operating fine

Plan is to present project at APEC in November

Global Tracking Systems, Intelleflex and GS1 work with

Hawaii to help create a safe and traceable supply chainjohn.m.ryan@hawaii.gov

(808) 832-0705

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