Experiment begins to track farm products with IC tags

Experiment begins to track farm products with IC tags

YOKOHAMA, Japan - An experiment to track distribution of farm products through small integrated circuit (IC) tags started Jan. 8 in Tokyo and Kanagawa Prefecture. The photo shows a shopper at a supermarket outlet in Yokohama scanning a product.

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