European directives are strict and they regulate the obligation of products traceability in all stages of manufacture, processing and distribution. Internationally, the standards of the GSI system have proved that they can entirely solve the traceability requirements, through specialized informatics systems and networks, as well as through the manual labeling, the solutions being taken up by CEE/ONU, in their users’ guides. RFID technology can be successfully used in the distribution chain because it considerably improves the stock inventory process, in its phases of data gathering and of “visibility” in the places where the traceability hasn’t been performed yet.

agro alimentary safety, traceability, labeling, identification