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Traceability System for Agricultural Products using RF-ID and Mobile Devices
Koji SUGAHARADept. of Information Science and
TechnologyNational Agricultural Research Center,
Japan
July 5, 2004
Background of the development
• Food safety problems in Japan– BSE (beef), Residual pesticide (vegetable),
Deceptive labeling of food products, ...– More consumers have been interested in food
safety.
• Establishing food traceability– Needs to improve reliability of
food production and distribution processes– Risk management in the accidents on food
products
Development of food traceability systemsUrgent national projects by the government (MAFF)
Virtually Identified Produce System (VIPS)A basic scheme of web-based traceability system
National Food Research Institute
Integrated traceability system for agricultural products
• Production process management system– On-site data input using mobile phone and PDA– Easy input method to select the item menus
• Distribution process management system– Correct identification of product lots based on RF-ID– Relationship of lot ID in dividing and mixing lots– Web-based remote database system -- VIPS
• Product information disclosure system– Displaying each product’s data to consumers - VIPS– Utilizing ID labels, barcodes, and RF-ID tags
Production process management system for agriculture, “AFAMA”
JAITEA and NARC http://www.afama.ne.jp/
Displays on a mobile phone
(on-site inputting)A display on a PC
browser(inputting the
schedules)
Inputting records about farm works and agro-material applications(pesticides, fertilizers, machines, ..)
GIS-based farm diary systemAvailable for using PDA and PC
http://riss.narc.affrc.go.jp/resources.html
Farm field map
Diary data display
Input
For PDA
For PC
Integrated traceability system using RF-IDLinking different DBs based on product ID of RF-ID tags
Farm Home
transportingtransporting sortingsorting deliverydelivery salessalescultivationcultivation harvestharvest shippingshipping
Production Process DB
Production data Distribution data
Distribution Process DB
Linkage based on
product ID
Farmers, carriers, retailers, and consumers can refer each product’s production and
distribution data.
RF-ID
A case of the system experiments
• Fruit traceability system project– By Yamagata Prefectural Government, since 2003– Items: Pear (Nov.), Strawberry (Feb.), Cherry (Jun.)– Cooperative partnership
Farmers, a wholesale market, a co-op store, and consumers in Yamagata Prefecture
For sales at the storeInternet-connected terminals(PC) with RF-ID readers
For home delivery Pasting 2D-barcode & URL labels to the productsBrowsing with web-accessible mobile phones or PC
RF-ID tag (barcode label), and RF-ID readerRecording each product’s data on the distribution process
RF-ID chip and tag coated with PET
2D-barcode & URL printed label
PDA & connecting RF-ID reader
The barcode codes the same URL string.
“-chip” by Hitachi Ltd.Each of these chips has unique
ID.
A RF-ID reader and a tag attached to a boxRecording relationship of the fruit lot ID and the box ID
in box packing of pear fruits
RF-ID tag
Shipping strawberries from the marketAttaching RF-ID tags to the boxes, URL labels to the packs.
RF-ID tag
Each product’s web page for consumers
Subjects of development
• Identification of product lots– Making relationship of lot ID in dividing or mixing lots– Automation system to attach and read RF-ID tags– More efficient data input on each of fields and crops
• Linkage among different databases– Distributed DBs and data exchange systems – Web service to refer products’ data among the DBs
• Effective application of RF-ID– Reducing the operational costs
RAM type --> Reuse of boxes and attached RF-ID tags– Improving efficiency to check products’ ID and data
ROM type --> Faster reading ID and recording to the DB