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Status of ICT Convergence Smart Quality Distribution Technology for Food Quality and Safety Management

  • Kim, Jong Hoon (Food Distribution System Research Group, Division of Platform Technology Research, Korea Food Research Institute) ;
  • Kim, Ji Young (Food Distribution System Research Group, Division of Platform Technology Research, Korea Food Research Institute) ;
  • Kim, Byeong Sam (Food Distribution System Research Group, Division of Platform Technology Research, Korea Food Research Institute)
  • Published : 2014.12.30

Abstract

The world is in the process of a structural change related to ICT convergence knowledge industries. ICT is leading to the creation of new products and services, and is making our lives more convenient, safer, and more efficient. In advanced countries, many studies have been conducted with the goal of developing new business models converged with ICT, and this is also the case in the food industry. Korea possesses world-leading ICT, and if this ICT is applied to the food industry, a world-class new business model can be developed. The u-Food System, which is in the process of development in Korea, is a next-generation food system that can allow food providers, consumers, and distributors to access various types of information about food products, including traceability, distribution, safety, quality, and freshness, and manage this information. It is a future food system that converges ICT, biotechnology and sensing technology with food. Based on the u-Food System, this paper will introduce the status of current smart quality distribution technologies that converge ICT (such as sensor tag, sensor network, LBS, GIS, and CDMA) with food technologies (such as traceability, quality, distribution management) to manage the safety and quality of fresh food in the distribution process.

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