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Food manufacturers use 1D barcodes to anchor track-and-trace technology

A new study by PMMI Business Intelligence reveals the vast majority of food processing companies track incoming ingredients with 1D barcodes. A few are still testing RFID solutions.

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Less than a fifth use 2D barcodes, popular with their peers in pharma for serialization. 2D codes hold more information and food manufacturers are using these codes when they want to include more information (contests, club membership, lifestyle products for branding) to expand consumer engagement.

Even fewer food processors rely on RFID, once thought to be the future of traceability. The six percent who are using RFID for food tracking employ it internally or at the carton level. Some of the responding companies are still testing RFID for traceability.

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