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www.foodlogistics.com FOOD LOGISTICS • MARCH 2015 27 event of a product recall, says Ron Meyers, LINKFRESH executive vice president. Whole- some Family Farms chooses to monitor tem- perature readings by scanning bar codes when a shipment leaves a warehouse and when it arrives at its destination, Meyers says. Ocean Beauty Seafoods in Seattle, Wash., uses Redmond, Wash.-based Dynamic Systems Inc.'s traceability software to capture the many attributes of the fish on the fly. The system inte- grates to scales that automatically input exact weight and produces a complex label quickly. Roambee Corp., a supplier of real-time tracking sensors, recently partnered with Redline Solutions, a provider traceability solutions, to offer full in-transit visibility and condition mon- itoring for shipments of perishables. RedLine already offers products and services to enable produce traceability and inventory management. Rainer Kuehling, Roambee's vice president of sales and marketing, says the sensor acts as a real-time temperature logger. This is important for shipping perishables that have strict tem- perature ranges to maintain freshness. Infratab's Freshtime sensor tag enables a grower to attach a tag to a perishable in the field, start sensing by either button push or near field communication (NCF) phone, deliver the perishable to the packing house and enable the packing house to use RFID readers at receiving, receiving inspection and then subsequently track products and ingredients by supplier's batch lot and by the freshness of the batch lot received. Freshtime sensor tags are identified by an EPC number, says Terry Meyers, Infratab president. This number is a GS1 GRAI (global returnable asset identifier) because it is reusable and returnable. When temperature is sensed, status data (temperature, points left, alerts and tag state) and key data used for local analytics is stored in the RFID or NFC chip memory. Thus, sensor status, because it resides in RFID chip memory, can be read at any time by RFID-EPC or NFC readers. Boise, Idaho-based PakSense recently intro- duced reusable temperature and humidity logger. The loggers download data via a USB connection to a PC and are fully programmable by the user via the provided software. Onset, a Bourne, Mass.-based provider of data loggers, introduced a logger that measures and transmits temperature and humidity data wirelessly to mobile devices via Bluetooth Smart technology. The self-contained wireless data log- ger works with Onset's free app for logger setup. Clearly, shippers have more tools to enhance traceability in their supply chains. This will help them improve their efficiencies, minimize recalls and comply with new food safety regulations. ◆ RYAN COMPANIES US, INC. Bob West at bob.west@ryancompanies.com or 904.237.3629 www.RYANCOMPANIES.com Leaders in COLD STORAGE Design & Construction As a national leader in designing and building cold storage facilities, Ryan understands the end-to-end supply chain process and the key role that distribution plays in effcient and timely movement of product. Whether it's designing energy effcient thermal envelopes, refrigeration or lighting systems, our focus is on building solutions for your business. For more information: AFS TECHNOLOGIES, 877-821-3007, afs.com CARLISLE TECHNOLOGY, 905-332-5757, carlisletechnology.com DYNAMIC SYSTEMS INC., 800-342-3999 dynamic-systemsinc.com GLOBAL FOOD SAFETY INITIATIVE, mygfsi.com GS1, 937-435-3870, gs1us.org INFRATAB, 805-986-8880, infratab.com INTERNATIONAL FEATURED STANDARDS, 800-967-5352, Intertek.com INTERNATIONAL FOODSERVICE DISTRIBUTORS ASSOCIATION, 703-532-9400, ifdaonline.org LINKFRESH, 805-804-5060, linkfresh.com ONSET, 508-759-9500, onsetcomp.com PAKSENSE, 208-489-9010, paksense.com PARK CITY GROUP, 435-645-2000, parkcitygroup.com PRISM LOGISTICS, 925-838-1691, prismlogistics.com REDLINE SOLUTIONS, 408-562-1700, redlinesolutions.com ROAMBEE, 408-663-6655, roambee.com SENSITECH, 800-843-8367, sensitech.com PakSense developed its the reusable temperature and humidity logger in response to customer requests.