The Implementation Procedure of RFID Systems in Agriculture:
I. Attachment of Digital Identity Cards
For chicken farming, the initial step is to attach a digital identity card to each bird with UHF RFID technology, creating an enduring numerical record for each entity and thereby distinguishing their attributes.
II. Chicken Farming
UHF RFID handheld devices, tags, and auxiliary tools are employed to track the entire rearing process, integrating with the backend livestock production management system and connecting with the industry's animal quarantine inspection system. The data is also input into the meat food supervision platform.
III. Chicken Transportation
Gate monitoring systems are installed at various transportation nodes to oversee the journey and provide activities such as animal quarantine inspections and transport disinfection, the associated information also being inputted into the previous mentioned platform.
IV. Animal Slaughter
A Birds' health status verifications and confirmation, post-slaughter lot management system integration, and data entry into the meat food control platform takes place here.
V. Chicken Processing
By amalgamating UHF RFID technology with barcode technology, the correlation between poultry and chicken information can be established, and the related data is again inputted into the meat food supervision platform.
VI. Chicken Wholesaling and Retail
This phase accelerates logistics efficiency by tracing the origin through barcode technology, fortifying market transaction management, and the relevant data is once more inputted into the meat food supervision platform.
The application of RFID technology in poultry farming traceability management offers significant benefits. Primarily it reduces manual labor and cost. Traditional poultry registration and management necessitate substantial manpower and funding, whereas RFID technology automates this process while economizing costs. Secondly, RFID technology not only tracks and supervises poultry information but also safeguards consumers' rights and interests by enabling them to understand the food production process and assess its quality. Lastly, RFID technology significantly enhances food safety assurance. In case of food safety issues, managers can swiftly pinpoint and trace the issue using RFID technology, thus preventing further risk escalation.
The expansion of the RFID poultry farming traceability management system could involve monitoring the farming environment. Readers can be installed at critical locations within the farm like drinking fountains, feeding stations, environmental control systems, etc., to realistically monitor key parameters like temperature, humidity, air quality, aiding managers in promptly detecting and addressing environmental anomalies, ensuring healthy growth of birds.
The application of RFID technology in poultry farming traceability management realizes accurate, seamless, scientific information collection management, enhancing food safety and traceability management standards. As technology continues to evolve and improve, RFID technology will become integral to poultry farming management.