Novel, smart and RFID assisted critical temperature indicator for supply chain monitoring

Garbriela Simone Lorite; Tuula Selkälä; Teemu Sipola; Jesus Palenzuela; Elena Jubete; Ana Viñuales; Germán Cabañero; Hans J. Grande; Jarkko Tuominen; Sanna Uusitalo; Leena Hakalahti; Krisztian Kordas; Geza Toth

doi:10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2016.06.016

Novel, smart and RFID assisted critical temperature indicator for supply chain monitoring

Garbriela Simone Lorite
, Tuula Selkälä
, Teemu Sipola
, Jesus Palenzuela
, Elena Jubete
, Ana Viñuales
, Germán Cabañero
, Hans J. Grande
, Jarkko Tuominen
, Sanna Uusitalo
, Leena Hakalahti
, Krisztian Kordas
, Geza Toth^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

University of Oulu
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Abstract

In order to reduce food waste and meet the needs of the demanding modern consumer regarding the quality of food items, it is crucial to monitor the supply chain and storage conditions of perishable food products. Considering this scenario, temperature plays an important role on food safety and quality during storage and supply. In this work, a critical temperature indicator (CTI) based on a solvent melting point is developed. Furthermore, the present CTI working principle is improved by the use of microfluidics technology. As final result, a novel and functional CTI-smart sensor which combines irreversible visual color changes and radio frequency identification (RFID) technologies is achieved. Such CTI integrated to a RFID tag provides a unique advantage to monitor the supply chain in real time by the simple use of a RFID reader in strategic points.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	20-28
Journal	Journal of Food Engineering
Volume	193
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2016.06.016
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2017
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

Funding

Funding received from EU under the Seventh Framework Program (FP7) in project Susfoflex (Smart and sustainable food packaging utilizing flexible printed intelligence and materials technologies, grant agreement no. 289829) is acknowledged.

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production

Keywords

critical temperature indicator
sensor
RFID
microfuidics
supply chain
intelligent packaging

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