Part of Stora Enso Intelligent Packaging’s portfolio of food and beverage RFID labels - known as the ECO RFID Food & Beverage Collection - ECO Meal is a new UHF RFID tag, with a printed paper antenna, designed to be attached to frozen entrees or other microwaveable packed foods.
The solution is engineered to minimize microwave energy impact, avoiding the risk of fire or arcing hazard, without adding material layers. Using NXP Semiconductors’ UCODE chip, it measures 97mmx 13mm, has a one-year shelf life and has been tested at a TÜV Rheinland laboratory for microwave meal package safety.
In addition to performing all the normal functions of RFID tags - ensuring the traceability of packages along the supply chain, to prevent the sale of expired, deteriorated, contaminated products, with any targeted recalls - ECO Meal offers the added value of sustainability.
The cellulose-based solution is in fact completely recyclable, unlike traditional RFID tags, consisting of an aluminum - or copper - etched RFID antenna, an integrated circuit and a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) layer, on which the chip and antenna can be attached to the tag’s paper substrate.
