RFID-based sensing in smart packaging for food applications: A review
Jinsong Zuo,
Jinxia Feng,
Marcelo Gonçalves Gameiro,
Yaling Tian,
Jing Liang,
Yingying Wang,
Jianhua Ding,
Quanguo He
Affiliations
Jinsong Zuo
School of Life Science and Chemistry, Hunan University of Technology, Zhuzhou 412007, China
Jinxia Feng
School of Life Science and Chemistry, Hunan University of Technology, Zhuzhou 412007, China
Marcelo Gonçalves Gameiro
School of Life Science and Chemistry, Hunan University of Technology, Zhuzhou 412007, China
Yaling Tian
School of Life Science and Chemistry, Hunan University of Technology, Zhuzhou 412007, China
Jing Liang
Laboratory of Printable Functional Materials and Printed Electronics, School of Printing and Packaging, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China; Corresponding authors
Yingying Wang
School of Physical Education and Health, Hunan University of Technology and Business, Changsha 410000, China; Hunan Key Laboratory of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Institute of Mental Health and Hunan Medical Center for Mental Health, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China
School of Life Science and Chemistry, Hunan University of Technology, Zhuzhou 412007, China; Laboratory of Printable Functional Materials and Printed Electronics, School of Printing and Packaging, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China; Corresponding authors
The global pandemic COVID-19 has led to an increase in the number of people purchasing food online, which has brought to a higher demand on the food supply chain. Such as the need to collect more information related to food safety and quality in real-time. Strengthening management of food logistics information flow can reduce food loss and waste and bring better quality and safety of food to consumers. In this review, the importance and applicability of RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) technology to smart food packaging are described. This study emphasizes the recent advancement of the RFID tags in humidity, temperature, gas, pH, integrity, and traceability sensor applications in connection with food packaging. RFID sensors are more suitable for smart packaging both in terms of sensing ability and data transmission. A simpler, low-cost, more robust and less power-demanding sensors network is the development direction of smart packaging in the future. Chipless RFID sensors have the potential to achieve these functions. But it still faces many challenges to be overcome. For example, biocompatible, cost, reading range, multi-tag collision, multi-parameter sensors, recycling issues, security and privacy of RFID system should be solved.
