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![Produce Traceability: Uncovering the Gaps in Your Program [FoodSafetyTech]](https://globalautoid.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/restaurant-1284351_640.jpg "Produce Traceability: Uncovering the Gaps in Your Program [FoodSafetyTech]")
A gap assessment can help determine what requirements existing traceability programs already meet and identify where improvements are needed to comply with the final Food Traceability Rule by the January 2026 deadline
![Toyota and Other Japanese Carmakers Say They Mishandled Safety Tests [NY Times]](https://globalautoid.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/alif-assis-baWaCLvHXRg-unsplash1.jpg "Toyota and Other Japanese Carmakers Say They Mishandled Safety Tests [NY Times]")
The Japanese authorities had told the companies to conduct investigations into their compliance with national standards for safety and other issues.
![US Senator urges chipmakers to help keep their chips out of Russian weapons [Reuters]](https://globalautoid.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/laura-ockel-RoZWxeFL27k-unsplash1.jpg "US Senator urges chipmakers to help keep their chips out of Russian weapons [Reuters]")
“The companies ‘have the capacity to trace and track those components well enough to do something more’, Blumenthal, chair of the Senate’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, said at the hearing looking into how U.S. chipmakers are complying with export restrictions imposed after Russia’s invasion in February 2022.”
From the Reuters article
Photo by Laura Ockel on Unsplash
![Meat Producer Claims Meat in Storage Suffered from ‘Temperature Abuse,’ Storage Company Could Not Provide Documentation on Temperatures [Industrial Equipment News, FreightWaves]](https://globalautoid.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/jose-ignacio-pompe-XY-V_o-ykuk-unsplash1.jpg "Meat Producer Claims Meat in Storage Suffered from ‘Temperature Abuse,’ Storage Company Could Not Provide Documentation on Temperatures [Industrial Equipment News, FreightWaves]")
The company makes a lot of meat, but now it’s sitting on 1.2 million pounds of bad corned beef.
![Fraud in a bottle: How Big Pharma takes on criminals who make millions off counterfeit drugs [CNBC]](https://globalautoid.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/danilo-alvesd-Y14ONzYtxb4-unsplash1.jpg "Fraud in a bottle: How Big Pharma takes on criminals who make millions off counterfeit drugs [CNBC]")
A CNBC investigation found criminal networks altering pill bottles of lifesaving drugs and then selling them back to pharmacies at large discounts.
![Ex-mechanic pleads guilty to fake airbag sales [SecuringIndustry.com]](https://www.securingindustry.com/assets/98/deployed_airbag.jpg "Ex-mechanic pleads guilty to fake airbag sales [SecuringIndustry.com]")
Mohammed Al-Abadi imported fake components from China and assembled the parts to make counterfeit airbags.
![Convicted Felon Arrested in the San Fernando Valley for Selling Counterfeit Rolex Watches and Carrying a Loaded Ghost Handgun [LAPD]](https://globalautoid.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/conv-felon-arrst-final.jpg "Convicted Felon Arrested in the San Fernando Valley for Selling Counterfeit Rolex Watches and Carrying a Loaded Ghost Handgun [LAPD]")
The purchase of counterfeits products may be hazardous to your health. There have been instances where counterfeit watches and jewelry contain elevated levels of lead and other dangerous metals.
![[GM Authority] Counterfeit GM Parts Operation In Michigan Busted By Feds](https://globalautoid.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/ivana-cajina-WPVtT0MEM00-unsplash-scaled.jpg "[GM Authority] Counterfeit GM Parts Operation In Michigan Busted By Feds")
A parts dealer in Warren, Michigan suspected of storing and distributing counterfeit GM parts was investigated by federal authorities.
[Multiple Sources] 96 Boeing and Airbus jets were fitted with unverified engine parts with forged paperwork from AOG Technics
[Defense News] The Defense Department is developing new tests to find counterfeit parts, putting a renewed emphasis on reporting when problematic components are found.
[Sustainable Plastics] The resource recovery company has announced that it is now certified under the Ocean Bound Plastic (OBP) Certification Program by Zero Plastic Oceans in collaboration with the European Control Union.
[Poultry World] A project has been designed in Australia’s egg industry which provides Australian egg farmers with new tools to trace the path of eggs across their farms.
[International Banker] Blockchain has supported cryptocurrency’s rise in the financial realm but is also employed in other use cases, such as in the food industry.
[Emergen Research via EIN Presswire] Rising need to track food products in the supply chain and monitor the flow of materials and need to increase quality control are some key factors driving
[MarketsMedia] “Recognizing ICE’s established position in the cocoa and coffee markets, where the benchmark prices for these commodities are formed every day, ICE has been working closely with the industry to design a solution to help customers meet the requirements of the deforestation regulation.”
[Supply Chain Dive] The restaurant chain is expanding its use of the technology to track ingredients from suppliers in real-time.
Under the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA), signed into law December 2023, items imported that were wholly or partially manufactured, mined, or otherwise sourced from Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic of China…
Data on the true extent of textile fraud worldwide is hard to come by, but there are indications that the problem extends further than a few isolated incidents.
From the BBC article
This in-depth article from the BBC describes how widespread the lies when it comes to the origin of the material in clothing, if the material was recycled as labeled, if the material was honestly certified organic, etc.
Noted are several possible applications manufacturers and distributors could adopt, including a blockchain-based tracking of goods.
![[Barcom, Inc.] Navigating Healthcare Challenges: Choosing the Right Mobile Solutions](https://globalautoid.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Screenshot-2024-06-05-at-08.07.50.png "[Barcom, Inc.] Navigating Healthcare Challenges: Choosing the Right Mobile Solutions")
RFID Journal‘s recap introduces a new healthcare workflow system, a company merger, and some new RFID technology that includes a retail technology framework from ZEBRA Technologies.
Our member, Barcom, Inc., is a ZEBRA Premier Solution Partner and Advanced RFID Specialist.
![Deadly Counterfeit Air Bags Are Making Their Way Into Vehicles [Wall Street Journal]](https://globalautoid.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/accident-1497295_640.jpg "Deadly Counterfeit Air Bags Are Making Their Way Into Vehicles [Wall Street Journal]")