RFID in Japan

The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan set out a serious goal: to make food traceability systems implemented for about 70 kinds of fresh produce and processed food by the year 2007.

This year, the ministry will financially support about 10 groups of retailers and farmers who plan to develop and deploy traceability systems. RFID tags are attached to food packages to deliver information such as farmers names, dates of production, names of pesticides used, etc. to in-store consumers. The ministry plans to spend about 1.8 billion Japanese yen for this this year.

via Nikkei Shimbun, May 10, in Japanese

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