Food traceability not only helps in managing food quality and safety risks but also
promotes development of effective food supply chain management (Manzini and
Accorsi 2013). Two main types of traceability technologies and devices are identification
tags (i.e. barcode, label, RFID tag) and data loggers (also called as black
boxes) (Abad et al. 2009). Identification tags identify a product with a specific code
denoting its lot number, shelf life, manufacturer’s name, etc.