RFID application solutions for production management in animal husbandry

RFID can be used to track and manage almost all physical objects. Based on the advantages of RFID technology and the benefits it brings to supply chain management, more and more industries are concerned about and supporting the development and application of this technology. In the food industry, RFID is a solution for 100% tracking of the source of food. It can answer user questions about "where does the food come from, and whether the intermediate processing link is complete", etc., and can effectively monitor and solve food safety issues.

At the same time, the use of RFID solutions can ensure high-quality data exchanges in the supply chain, allowing the food industry to achieve the two most important goals: first, thoroughly implement the "source" food tracking solution; second, provide complete information in the food supply chain Ability for transparency. Refined to the animal husbandry supervision in the food industry, the RFID system can track the feeding, epidemic prevention, slaughter and sales of livestock in a complex multi-step supply network, and is an efficient supply chain management solution. RFID solutions can simplify livestock breeding management and epidemic prevention management, and timely understand and prevent large-scale outbreaks of epidemics. Not only can it bring benefits to herders and reduce losses, but it also facilitates relevant government departments in all aspects of livestock breeding, epidemic prevention, etc. The process is monitored to ensure the quality of meat products entering the market.

Links involved in RFID

Livestock raising links. When the animals are born and raised, RFID tags (such as ear tags or foot rings) are installed on the animals. These electronic tags are hit on the ears when the animals are born. After that, the breeder uses a handheld device to continuously Set, collect or store the information in its growth process to control production safety from the source. At the same time, the records of epidemic prevention records, disease information and key information of the breeding process of livestock in various periods are recorded. Before the slaughter of livestock, the RFID tag must be read by the handheld to confirm that the disease-free livestock can be released.

Livestock slaughter link. Before slaughter, read the RFID tag information on the livestock to confirm that the livestock has a record of epidemic prevention and are truly healthy before they can be slaughtered and enter the market. At the same time, write this information into the box label, cargo pallet label and price label go with.

Supervision by the competent authority. In the process of market supervision, the supervisory department requires that the pallets, packaging boxes and price tags of all sales outlets contain RFID electronic tags, and write the relevant data such as the origin, product name, type, grade, and price of the meat into the electronic tags. .

Market sales link. In the process of selling in the wholesale market, you only need to enter the number of transactions on the handheld reader and read the price tag.

Logistics and distribution links. When fresh meat enters the circulation link, RFID electronic tags are attached to the pallets or packaging boxes loaded with the meat, and they are transported to the designated supermarket or market point of sale. When the goods are handed over, only a fixed remote card reader or handheld The reader can read the RFID electronic tag on the packing box or pallet.

Management of foreign livestock. For meat products that have been slaughtered from other provinces and cities, they must enter the market, first go to the designated supervision location for product inspection, and affix electronic labels related to product information and related inspection information after passing the inspection. At the same time, the regulatory authority issued a qualification certificate for market sales products.

Whole process management

The electronic label animal husbandry information management system should at least include RFID animal husbandry management system, livestock electronic monitoring and management system, meat tray management system, wholesale market management system and other systems.

1. RFID animal husbandry management system (electronic ear tag)

Data information. It includes three parts: breeding → birth status → growth status → slaughter status; epidemic prevention → vaccination → epidemic prevention inspection → epidemic treatment; herd management → livestock entering and exiting pasture information → livestock pasture location information → livestock status information.

Equipment condition. POS machines with GPS and GPRS handheld data collection and transmission, RFID handheld readers, electronic ear tags containing RFID chips, and long-distance RFID readers are placed at the entrances and exits of the grasslands and main passages to record livestock at any time Access information.

Information system. RFID data collection system, livestock epidemic prevention monitoring system.

At the source of livestock breeding, the system records the entire growth process by marking the animal’s ears with electronic radio frequency ear tags (or foot rings).

2. Livestock electronic monitoring and management system

Preliminarily prepare RFID electronic tag cards for the information of imported animals, means of transportation, origin and destination through the system, and issue them to the entry unit; at the same time, read and write IC cards at the crossing when entering the designated animal inspection station, and register and verify compliance Entry epidemic prevention conditions allow entry. This system specifically includes the following two aspects: a city-specific crossing vehicle monitoring and management system. Install RFID electronic tags on special vehicles for transporting livestock, install long-distance RFID card readers at special border crossings entering the city or at law enforcement checkpoints. When vehicles transporting livestock enter the city, they are automatically or manually read. The label information of the vehicle. 2. The internal monitoring and management system of the slaughterhouse. When a vehicle transporting livestock enters the exclusive slaughterhouse, it must first be verified by reading the vehicle tag through the card reader. When slaughtering, read the information in the ear tag (or foot ring) of the livestock and compare it with the subsequent carried information. The label of the pallet or box is associated. At the same time, unique label information in each link must be uploaded to the system database in time.

3. Meat tray management system

In the course of transportation, the goods shall be written on the pallet or the electronic label of the packing box of the goods in accordance with the specified origin, quantity, quality, grade and other standards. When goods are transported to a designated warehouse or a designated distribution point in a wholesale market or a shopping mall, the product information in the pallet and box label must first be read and uploaded to the system.

4. Wholesale market RFID management system

In the city's exclusive agricultural product wholesale trading center, hundreds of tons of meat agricultural and sideline products flow from here to various farmers' markets in the urban area every day. In order to achieve safety inspections, the market management department establishes electronic files for each agricultural product, and users can easily learn about the production information, quality information, market information, and price information of agricultural products through the system. Here, the market operator has an electronic label card in his hand. This "admission card" records the inspection and transaction status of their products.

As the carrier part of meat wholesale information, RFID tags correspond to the goods of wholesalers, using radio frequency technology and the handheld reading function of RFID tags to settle the goods, which greatly accelerates the transaction settlement speed of meat wholesale. Using RFID tags as the carrier of core transaction data, it can record the origin, transaction time, inspection and quarantine information of each commodity that enters the market, and strengthen the standardization and traceability of meat product transactions.

The importance of informatization supervision of livestock

From a business perspective, livestock informatization supervision is part of the government's market management. The management objects involve livestock farmers, slaughterhouses (enterprises), markets, and meat distributors (enterprises, individuals). The livestock information management system supervises the livestock industry not only through the implementation of the system of request for evidence and invoices, but also through data comparison and analysis to find possible unreasonable breeding problems and livestock epidemics. More importantly, it will impose restrictions on private meat slaughter. The supervision of the phenomenon is transformed into the supervision of the dealers of privately slaughtered meat and the market where the phenomenon of privately slaughtered meat is more serious from the perspectives of market access, daily supervision and credit supervision, and the management of the slaughter meat market is combined with the access management of market entities stand up. Cooperate with slaughterhouses to jointly crack down on illegal meat slaughter, combine the quality and safety of slaughtered meat with market access and corporate credit of the slaughterhouse, and strengthen the supervision of the source.