(ISO: Geneva) -- For reasons of safety and reliability, the importance of being able to trace products throughout the supply chain has strongly increased in recent years. The new standard from the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 17367:2009 will help manufacturers and distributors to track products and to manage their traceability thanks to standardized radio frequency tags.

Traceability is defined as the tracking and tracing of product and information related to it at each stage of a chain of production, processing, distribution, and selling. The development of radio frequency identification (RFID), including peripheral devices and their applications, is indispensable for increasing the safety and reliability of products for consumers.

ISO 17367—“Supply chain applications of RFID—Product tagging,” defines the basic features of RFID for use in the supply chain when applied to product tagging. In particular it makes recommendations for:

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