TY - GEN
T1 - A wireless electronic monitoring system for securing milk from farm to processor
AU - Hopper, Lindsay
AU - Womble, Phillip
AU - Moore, Ryan
AU - Paschal, Jon
AU - Payne, Fred
AU - Thompson, Chris
AU - Crist, William
AU - Luck, Brian
AU - Tabayehnejab, Nasrin
AU - Stombaugh, Tim
AU - Alexander, Suraj
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - The Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Health and Human Services have targeted bulk food contamination as a focus for attention. Milk transport falls into three of the 17 targeted National Infrastructure Protection Plan sectors including agriculture-food, public health and commercial facilities. The current manual methods of securing milk are paper intensive and prone to errors. The bulk milk transportation sector requires a security enhancement that will both reduce recording errors and enable normal transport activities to occur while providing security against unauthorized access. Our group has developed a milk transport security system which is an electromechanical access control and communication system that assures the secure transport of milk, milk samples, milk data, and security data between locations, and specifically between dairy farms, transfer stations, receiving stations, and milk plants. It includes a security monitoring system installed on the milk transport tank, a hand held device, optional printers, data server, and security evaluation software. The system operates automatically and requires minimal or no attention by the bulk milk hauler/sampler. The system is compatible with existing milk transport infrastructure, and has the support of the milk producers, milk transportation companies, milk marketing agencies, and dairy processors. The security protocol developed is applicable for transport of other bulk foods both nationally and internationally.
AB - The Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Health and Human Services have targeted bulk food contamination as a focus for attention. Milk transport falls into three of the 17 targeted National Infrastructure Protection Plan sectors including agriculture-food, public health and commercial facilities. The current manual methods of securing milk are paper intensive and prone to errors. The bulk milk transportation sector requires a security enhancement that will both reduce recording errors and enable normal transport activities to occur while providing security against unauthorized access. Our group has developed a milk transport security system which is an electromechanical access control and communication system that assures the secure transport of milk, milk samples, milk data, and security data between locations, and specifically between dairy farms, transfer stations, receiving stations, and milk plants. It includes a security monitoring system installed on the milk transport tank, a hand held device, optional printers, data server, and security evaluation software. The system operates automatically and requires minimal or no attention by the bulk milk hauler/sampler. The system is compatible with existing milk transport infrastructure, and has the support of the milk producers, milk transportation companies, milk marketing agencies, and dairy processors. The security protocol developed is applicable for transport of other bulk foods both nationally and internationally.
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U2 - 10.1109/THS.2008.4534508
DO - 10.1109/THS.2008.4534508
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:50649087792
SN - 1424419778
SN - 9781424419777
T3 - 2008 IEEE International Conference on Technologies for Homeland Security, HST'08
SP - 525
EP - 529
BT - 2008 IEEE International Conference on Technologies for Homeland Security, HST'08
T2 - 2008 IEEE International Conference on Technologies for Homeland Security, HST'08
Y2 - 12 May 2008 through 13 May 2008
ER -