Radio Frequency Identification Sensors

RFID systems have been used in numerous applications like asset tracking, toll collection and libraries. The following paper presents our ongoing research for the Auburn University Detection and Food Safety (AUDFS) project to use RFID technology combined with sensors for detection of pathogens in food. AUDFS aims to integrate the breakthroughs in the detection of food borne illnesses with advances in wireless and biosensor technologies. The goal of the research is a system that can keep track of food products from initial production throughout the supply chain thus significantly reducing the mortality rate and lost productivity due to food borne bacteria and pathogens like Salmonella and E. Coli.