Should RFID tags be industry standard?

Should RFID tags be industry standard? USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is seeking public comment on a proposal where APHIS would only approve Radio Frequency Identification as the official eartag for use in interstate movement of cattle that are required to be identified by the traceability regulations.

An official eartag is defined as an identification tag approved by APHIS that bears an official identification number for individual animals.

 Regulations allow APHIS to approve tags that can be used as official identification, and both metal and RFID tags are current options.

 A transition to RFID tags would support APHIS’ ongoing efforts to increase animal disease traceability by more accurately and rapidly allowing animal health officials to know where affected and at-risk animals are located.

While this would not prevent disease outbreaks, it would allow animal health officials to more quickly contain outbreaks

Smart system counts eggs, detects diseases for poultry farmers.

Farmers can save on production costs, detect diseases and know the output of individual chickens in real time via mobile telephone by installing smart technology in poultry cages.

 Domotele Technology's Machine to machine (M2M) system is customized to alert farmers of any health risk as well as the performance of each chicken. 

 Installed sensors collect the health or production data before relaying it to a safe domain in the cloud for the farmer to access it via the Internet. The Internet of Things system can also be instructed to process the data and relay it in form of a short message service (SMS) for those who do not have Internet.

The installed sensors in cages help farmers know which chicken laid an egg on a given day. They also know the total number of eggs laid by the end of the day. The technology helps farmers know which hens are not laying so that such hens can be culled to avoid wasting feeds. 

 Farmers also know the number of eggs produced per day,thus preventing pilfering as workers cannot steal eggs because they are counted and an immediate alert is sent to the owner. The nesting cages have radio frequency identification (RFID) readers and weight sensors that track the contents inside and can determine if a hen has laid an egg.

This puts into motion the egg counter process. RFID tags are intelligent bar codes that can 'talk' to a networked system to track every product that you buy in the supermarket for instance when you are checking out. The system can be customized to notify farmers of a diseases outbreak through a wireless sense node tag as well as change of the cage environment. 

 Most farmers learn of an outbreak after chickens start dying. Early disease notification alerts the farmer to take quick action to prevent further spread. If the sensors detect that the temperature in the cage has gone above the set threshold, for instance 25 degrees Celsius, the farmer receives a notification in their smart phones. 

They can turn on fans with the smart phone from wherever they are,the fans run until the required temperature is achieved. contact

INTERNET AND FOOD SAFETY

The use of internet in our everyday life not only makes our work easy but its also a point of access for food safety.

The concept above can be modeled in various industries to expand and cutoff excesses with regards to sharp/wrong practices.


 Farm animals fitted with RFID allows for easy tracing and tracking from the farm to various departure points

.The animals are processed and issued a code during packaging, this is easily read by phones/ barcode reader.

These products make their way to various superstores ,as hygienically packaged wholesome products fit for human consumption. # food court # internet of food # techy foods #food market # food safety.

AGRIBUSINESS: ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION AND QR CODES.

The vet has a major role to play in nation building in terms of animal health and production.Animal identification is a tool for tracing,tracking animals as well as collate data on population.

 Animal identification is also a planning tool that will provide into on different animals in the state,number and location. This will help policy makers to plan for vaccination project and other  preventive protocols in animals.

 It has been documented that 75% of diseases affecting humans are caused by animals, so if the health status of the animals are top priority ,then we can prevent a lot of diseases in man.


 The animal kingdom has a lot to offer the human race ,in terms of food, clothing, medicine, research opportunities, foreign exchange and new improved genetic strains and breeds that can eliminate unwanted traits in certain species.

 There is a fortune to be made from animal husbandry but management of such projects deny us the expected rewards.

  Animal identification benefits for animal health and food  safety.

 Animal/pet identification project: if farmer has his farm registered, the animals on the farm are tagged/ pooled in a data base. This  information is stored , the location of the farm is noted using google earth or the simple G.P.S . Activities on the farm are monitored by vets and of course the farm is insured.

All products from the farm can be traced up to the market,and all food safety procedures adhered to, and documented.  This process alone will give a data base of producers in the country.

 The proper management on farms will be ensured , tracing of products from farms  are possible. This will be of importance if there is a problem that mandates a recall of product for investigation.

 The way to achieve the purpose of wealth creation  from agribusiness venture is to have a data base that shows location, tracks supplies and distribution channels..