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Global Technology Resources (GTR) has launched a new system designed to detect, track and manage food safety threats across the supply chain. Combining patented web-based global positioning system (GPS) technology with radio frequency identification (RFID), the company claims that the system is the first solution of its kind to harness this technology to provide early detection of disease, foodborne pathogens and contamination.

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