RF-based sensor monitors the cold chain

Bengt Sahlberg has a B.A. in International Business Administration from the University of Linkoping, Sweden. He has many years of international management experience from the food-and packaging industries, having worked for such companies as Nestlé and Tetra Pak. During his career he has lived in Sweden, India and Switzerland. In 2000 he co-founded Bioett AB, located in Lund in south Sweden. The company is now entering the commercial phase.

Bioett has developed an innovative and patented system for the validatation of the cold chain. The heart of the system is a chipless RF circuit with a built-in biosensor that can be read with a handheld scanner at various points in the supply chain. The information is stored in a database and can be used to analyze the cold chain and validate that the agreed temperature has been maintained.

 

Presently the Bioett System is used Scania Dairy, Mariannes Farm and Arla in Sweden. In 2004 Bioett was awarded the Grand Scholarship by the Scania Food Academy.