Intelligent Monitoring Systems for Transportation of Perishable Products based Internet of Things (IoT) Technology

Abstract

For the past decade, one of the most important challenges for human societies has been the impact of food on human health. European countries, and in particular the European Union, have established laws and standards to address this challenge by allowing them to track and monitor foodstuffs in during the production chain until consumption. By enforcing these rules, the European Union has obliged food and feed operators to set up tracking and monitoring systems for their products. One of the most important parts of these systems is the transportation chain. The transportation of food from origin of production to consumption destination is very important. And must provide traceability for food quality control and health. One of the new technologies that has enabled human societies to make food products traceable to humans is the Internet of Things (IoT). That has brought together manufacturers, transport systems, retailers and consumers of food. In this paper, we propose a cost effective way to enable real-time food tracking and monitoring.