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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

a dozen programs and initiatives ensure safety and quality

• Even in highly regulated food

production, the unthinkable can

• ccur
• The challenge is to continually

improve public health and safety

• Primary focus on identifying and

intercepting hazards during production

Supply chain position Safety program/initiative On-farm

• Livestock Production Assurance
• LPA Quality Assurance

Feedlot

• National Feedlot Accreditation Scheme

Transport

• TruckCare

Saleyards

• National Saleyard Quality Assurance

Program Processing.

• Australian Government Legislation and

Standards

• AQIS health certificate
• Australian Government Halal Slaughter

Program

• Micro-organism monitoring
• MLA food safety program
• National Residue Survey

Export

• Department of Agriculture Biosecurity

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

Code Types

• Printed code types now run into

the dozens

• Supply chain codes managed

internationally by the organisation GS1

• The same codes are used the

world over

Symbology Uses Codabar Old format used in libraries and blood banks and on airbills (out of date) Code 25 – Non-interleaved 2 of 5 Industrial Code 25 – Interleaved 2 of 5 Wholesale, libraries International standard ISO/IEC 16390 Code 11 Telephones (out of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 EAN 2 Addon code (magazines), GS1-approved – not an own symbology – to be used only with an EAN/UPC according to ISO/IEC 15420 EAN 5 Addon code (books), GS1-approved – not an own symbology – to be used only with an EAN/UPC according to ISO/IEC 15420 EAN-8, EAN-13 Worldwide retail, GS1-approved – International Standard ISO/IEC 15420 Facing Identification Mark USPS business reply mail GS1-128 (formerly named UCC/EAN-128), incorrectly referenced as EAN 128 and UCC 128 various, GS1-approved -is just an application of the Code 128 (ISO/IEC 15417) using the ANS MH10.8.2 AI Datastructures. Its not an own symbology. GS1 DataBar, formerly Reduced Space Symbology (RSS) Various, GS1-approved HIBC (HIBCC Health Industry Bar Code) Healthcare[30] – is a datastructure to be used with Code 128, Code 39 or Data Matrix Intelligent Mail barcode United States Postal Service, replaces both POSTNET and PLANET symbols (formerly named OneCode) ITF-14 Non-retail packaging levels, GS1-approved – is just an Interleaved 2/5 Code (ISO/IEC 16390) with a few additional specifications, according to the GS1 General Specifications JAN Used in Japan, similar and compatible with EAN-13 (ISO/IEC 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) Plessey Catalogs, store shelves, inventory (no international standard available) PostBar Canadian Post office POSTNET United States Postal Service (no international standard available) RM4SCC / KIX Royal Mail / Royal TPG Post Telepen Libraries (UK) U.P.C. Worldwide retail, GS1-approved – International Standard ISO/IEC 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

• Thank you for your attention.
• Questions