Lettuce trails – a safer way to regulate the leafy green industry
June 28th, 2009
TMC Net: Jun 27, 2009 (The Sun - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- A head of lettuce can have a long journey from the field to your salad bowl, but a new locally developed project can tell you just where that lettuce came from, providing a safer way to regulate the leafy green industry.
The project by the University of Arizona Yuma County Cooperative Extension uses a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag and GPS technology to store and transmit information about the crop.
This results in almost instant traceback of leafy greens. That way, if there's ever a health scare associated with the crop, shippers will be able to tell where it came from, making it safer for consumers.
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