Yes, this is an HP blog, and so you forgive me when occasionally (and inevitably) I take an HP line on an announcement, event or trend. Out of interest of serving the broader anti-counterfeiting/anti-fraud/anti-tamper/customer safety community, I point you to our partner, GS1's, announcement on the...
If recent salmonella, e Coli, melamine and other food scares have you second-guessing your food chain, imagine what it may be like in some rural areas, where connectivity and information technology knowledge may be more limited. A recent announcement states that "Researchers have presented a low...
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09-09-2009
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Among the many popular tales about elephants are the following: 1. Elephants never forget 2. Elephants love peanuts Given the size of their brains (let alone their heads), it is easy to give credibility to the elephant's celebrated ability to recall. And I've seen them go after the peanuts. So...
I chatted with my friend and fellow HP colleague, Mick Keyes, a business/technology strategist in Dublin and an expert on Track and Trace, about the Irish pork recall. Mick provided me with some of the personal aspects of the recall. According to Mick, This a bad one ok. The effects are becoming obvious...
We are rolling into the Thanksgiving Holiday here in the States, which traditionally coincides with a modicum of gluttony. Historically, the time right after harvest was the time of festivals--might as well eat the food and let it ferment inside you rather than your cellar!. Given the recent news and...