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Gabriela Simone Lorite, Tuula Selkälä, Teemu Sipola, Jesús Palenzuela, Elena Jubete, Ana Viñuales, Germán Cabañero, Hans J. Grande, Jarkko Tuominen, Sanna Uusitalo, Leena Hakalahti, Krisztian Kordas, Geza Toth, Novel, smart and RFID assisted critical temperature indicator for supply chain monitoring, Journal of Food Engineering, Volume 193, 2017, Pages 20-28, ISSN 0260-8774, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2016.06.016.

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

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Author: Lorite, Gabriela Simone1; Selkälä, Tuula2; Sipola, Teemu2;
Organizations: 1Microelectronics Research Unit, P.O. Box 4500, FIN-90014, University of Oulu, Finland
2Microelectronics Research Unit, P.O. Box 4500, FIN-90014, University of Oulu
3Materials Division, IK4-CIDETEC Research Center, Paseo Miramón 196, 20009, Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
4VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd., Kaitoväylä 1, FI-90571, Oulu, Finland
Format: article
Version: accepted version
Access: open
Online Access: PDF Full Text (PDF, 0.9 MB)
Persistent link: http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi-fe201902074311
Language: English
Published: Elsevier, 2017
Publish Date: 2019-02-07
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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.

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Series: Journal of food engineering
ISSN: 0260-8774
ISSN-E: 1873-5770
ISSN-L: 0260-8774
Volume: 193
Pages: 20 - 28
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2016.06.016
OADOI: https://oadoi.org/10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2016.06.016
Type of Publication: A1 Journal article – refereed
Field of Science: 216 Materials engineering
221 Nanotechnology
222 Other engineering and technologies
Subjects:
Critical temperature indicator
Intelligent packaging
Microfluidics
RFID
Sensor
Supply chain
Article
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.
EU Grant Number: (289829) SUSFOFLEX - SMART and SUSTAINABLE FOOD PACKAGING UTILIZING FLEXIBLE PRINTED INTELLIGENCE and MATERIALS TECHNOLOGIES
Copyright information: © 2017. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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