USDA plans to use RFID in pork industry

The agricultural industry is facing unprecedented challenges and opportunities to ensure product quality, improve traceability, and meet the stringent standards of international markets. The Nebraska Pork Producers Association (NPPA) has given new impetus to the industry's advocacy for the widespread adoption of RFID tags to enhance the competitiveness of U.S. pork in the global marketplace.
 
RFID can identify a specific target through radio signals and read the relevant data, without physical contact or visual identification. In the pork industry, the application of RFID tags can be achieved on each individual pig accurate identification, so as to build a complete production chain information recording system. The introduction of this technology not only improves production efficiency, but also plays an important role in disease prevention and control, food safety traceability and other aspects.

NPPA's initiative has gained widespread attention both inside and outside the industry. Association President Mark Wright made it clear at the Regional Producers Conference that the adoption of RFID tags is key to improving the traceability of the U.S. pork supply chain. In the face of the global market and the stringent requirements of trading partners, the U.S. pork industry must take more advanced technical means to ensure product quality and food safety. RFID technology is an important tool to achieve this goal.

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