 RFID in the international cattle supply chain: context, consumer privacy and legislationPriscilla Cristina Cabral Ribeiro, Annibal Jose Scavarda and Mario Otavio Batalha International Journal of Services and Operations Management, 2010, vol. 6, issue 2, 149-164 Abstract: This paper aims to describe the use of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) in live cattle supply chain in Australia, Canada, Europe, Japan and the USA. This paper also discusses three themes about RFID in the international cattle chain: the context of RFID's use, the legislation and consumer privacy. This last theme represents a huge problem to countries that use RFID. They have to create laws to support their discussions about RFID when they evaluate the cost/benefit relation. Global markets require traceability to control the quality of products. The food safety is considered, too. Some operations could be more controlled by RFID, such as processing. This research uses a qualitative method based on documents, scientific papers and secondary data from these countries. Keywords: radio frequency identification; RFID; cattle supply chains; international supply chains; operations; context; legislation; consumer privacy; supply chain management; SCM; Australia, Canada, Europe, Japan; United States; USA; global markets; traceability; product quality; food safety. (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ids:ijsoma:v:6:y:2010:i:2:p:149-164 Access Statistics for this article More articles in International Journal of Services and Operations Management from Inderscience Enterprises Ltd |
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