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CIO March 1, 2004 Stacy Cowley	Tracking Mad Cows with IT The mad cow incident has made developing the underlying technology for the US Animal Identification Plan (USAIP)--in development since October 2002--an urgent priority for the USDA.
InternetNews January 2, 2004 Susan Kuchinskas	'Mad' Scramble for Electronic Livestock Tracking RFID vendors say they have the technology at hand to help U.S. officials track the origins of mad cow disease in livestock. But who's going to get it down to the farm?
InternetNews August 25, 2006 Erin Joyce	Turning a Cow's Ear Into RFID Data IBM and TekVet take to the air with RFID tags that monitor cows' body temperatures to guard against disease.
BusinessWeek January 12, 2004 Arlene Weintraub	Commentary: A Bum Steer On Mad Cow Disease Despite USDA reassurances, America's beef supply -- and its citizens -- are at risk.
Science News October 4, 2003 Janet Raloff	Calling All Cows A prototype package of biological and location sensors is part of a system that could compile a medical history and keep it with an animal throughout its life.
The Motley Fool October 14, 2004 Tom Taulli	Tracking Us Applied Digital's human implantable RFID chip, VeriChip, was cleared by the Food and Drug Administration for medical uses in the U.S. On the news, the stock surged 68% to $3.57.
BusinessWeek March 1, 2004 Janet Ginsburg	Now Is Not The Time To Drag Our Heels On Testing Two months after the Agriculture Dept. announced the first case of mad cow in the U.S., dozens of countries, including Mexico and Japan, continue to ban American meat. The USDA is dragging its heels on approving rapid tests.
Inc. March 2004 Jess McCuan	Mad Cow Doesn't Scare This Rancher A top rancher's mad cow moment. A discussion on the disease's effects on the beef industry and what should be done.
Reason May 2008 Ronald Bailey	Papers Please! The U.S. Department of Agriculture is rolling out its National Animal Identification System to tag and track every farm animal in America.
HBS Working Knowledge February 2, 2004 Sean Silverthorne	RFID: The Promise (and Danger) of Smart Barcodes Thanks to Wal-Mart, we all have heard about radio frequency identification. Now RFID tags are set to pop up on everything from razor blades to cattle.
Food Engineering February 1, 2005	Regulatory Watch Feds say mad cow system works... Bioterrorism Act builds on already tight regs...
CIO October 15, 2001 Stephanie Overby	Cow Chips The Botswana Ministry of Agriculture is installing the largest radio frequency ID system for cattle in the world. But the Gaborone-based government agency isn't taking the high-tech road simply to lead the world in livestock tracking...
IEEE Spectrum March 2007 Amal Graafstra	Hands On How the author became one of the first do-it-yourselfers to have a radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag implanted under his skin and how it has changed his life.
The Motley Fool November 18, 2004 W.D. Crotty	Is Mad Cow Disease Back? Beef export markets will likely remain closed due to another possible case of mad cow disease, putting pressure on Tyson Foods and other beef-sensitive stocks.
The Motley Fool March 16, 2006 Alyce Lomax	Return of the Mad Cows Mad cow disease resurfaces in the U.S. Why is the USDA reducing testing? Mad cow is fast becoming an issue that investors should carefully consider when contemplating some of the affected companies.
Salon.com December 8, 2000 Frank Browning	Mad cow madness Hysteria over infected cattle has overtaken France -- and the rest of Europe may not be far behind...
InternetNews December 31, 2003 Janis Mara	Beef Marketers' Online Mad Cow Flop Confronted with a marketing nightmare -- the first U.S. case of mad cow disease (BSE) -- Web sites of many beef businesses and organizations aren't responding.
InternetNews January 20, 2006 Ed Sutherland	RFID May See 'Explosive' Growth Although tiny in size, radio frequency identification tags expect huge growth over the next five years.
The Motley Fool June 20, 2007 Timothy M. Otte	Scanning in the Aisles Giving customers handheld price scanners is not the next big thing for supermarkets. Radio frequency identification chips are. From an investor's standpoint, the problem is it's hard to say which companies are going to be the big winners in RFID.
Salon.com March 26, 2001 Daryl Lindsey	Will mad cows kill the Big Mac? With strict safety measures and new menu options, McDonald's is acting fast to stem losses from disease in Europe, and bracing for a beef scare in the U.S....
IEEE Spectrum March 2007 Foster & Jaeger	RFID Inside Maybe the ultimate solution, to allow accurate identification of individuals without some of the ethical issues raised by implanted radio chips, might require a different technology completely -- biometric scanners.
CIO February 15, 2003 John Edwards	Tag, You're It RFID technology provides fast, reliable asset identification and management.
PC Magazine October 28, 2003	The Lookout: A Fix for RFID Researchers at RSA Security's lab have come up with a technique they say will eliminate many of the privacy concerns surrounding the use of RFID (radio frequency identification) tags.
T.H.E. Journal November 2007 Justine Brown	Tag! You're It! Requiring students to wear RFID-enabled badges can ease administrative tasks and tighten security, but some parents and advocacy groups think it insults children's dignity - and may threaten their safety.
Food Processing June 2012 Eric Mittenthal	Inside the Latest U.S. Case of Mad Cow Disease The April discovery of bovine spongiform encephalopathy only proves safeguards are working.
BusinessWeek March 7, 2005 Arlene Weintraub	Mad Cow's Stubborn Mystery Scientists still know far too little about the disease -- and the feds are making rules in the dark. Many uncertainties are in the spotlight right now as the Agriculture Dept. prepares to resume trading of some live cows and packaged beef with Canada.
Salon.com March 3, 2001 Dawn MacKeen	Europe's livestock plague As the British meat market faces yet another crisis, experts at home assess the risk of foot-and-mouth disease in the U.S....
The Motley Fool December 24, 2003 Alyce Lomax	How Now, Mad Cow? Restaurant stocks could suffer due to the first identification of a case of mad cow disease in the U.S.
PC Magazine July 13, 2004 Bill Machrone	RFID: Dogs! Cats! Guitars? Radio-frequency identity tags are all around us.
Wired May 2006 Annalee Newitz	The RFID Hacking Underground They can steal your smartcard, lift your passport, jack your car, even clone the chip in your arm. And you won't feel a thing. 5 tales from the RFID-hacking underground.
Bank Technology News February 2009 John Adams	Put Those Barcodes Away for Good Bill Conroy, optimization program executive for Bank of America, is an enthusiastic evangelist for use of radio frequency identification (RFID) as a means to corral expensive IT assets.
The Motley Fool January 3, 2005 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	RFID Signal Strong in 2005 Radio Frequency Identification technology is going to ring in the new year in more ways than one. Think you should follow suit as an investor?
Food Engineering March 6, 2006	Regulatory Watch Slaughterhouse operators can expect closer scrutiny from the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) in the months ahead.
CRM August 1, 2005 Marshall Lager	RFID: Beyond Concept Radio frequency ID tagging is no longer a what-if question, but other questions remain, especially those of privacy.
The Motley Fool December 9, 2004 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	The A to Z of RFID While consumers will grow to appreciate the RFID advantage, investors should aim closer to the vest to cash in on the RFID revolution.
CIO August 18, 2008 Thomas Wailgum	These Boots Were Made for Tracking: Nine West Tries On RFID Strategy Footwear giant Nine West joins a long list of retailers in search of the RFID Holy Grail: item-level RFID tracking. Will the move be a good fit? Even the mighty Wal-Mart has struggled to cash in on this technology.
Popular Mechanics June 23, 2008 Morgan Lord	Are Tainted Tomatoes, Beef and Lemons Worth the Food Fright? Some of the country's leading health experts put everyday food threats in perspective, so you don't have to worry with every bite.
Bank Systems & Technology August 4, 2008 Orla O'Sullivan	RFID Technology Comes of Age as Price is Right for Banks For assets tracking, radio tags are much easier and quicker to use than bar coding.
PC Magazine September 7, 2004 Karen Jones	New Frontiers for RFID Tags Depending on how closely you guard your privacy, RFID is either a benevolent new technology or Big Brother waiting to pounce.
InternetNews February 6, 2006 Susan Kuchinskas	The New Chip-erati Are RFID implants geek-chic or a tool of the military industrial complex?
IndustryWeek September 22, 2010	No Slowdown for RFID Roughly 2.3 billion RFID tags will be sold in 2010, up from 1.9 billion in 2009.
InternetNews July 7, 2006 Erin Joyce	The RFID Growth Conundrum Why isn't the FDA pushing harder for RFID to combat counterfeit drugs? The answer is not so simple.
The Motley Fool January 6, 2004 Alyce Lomax	No Madness at Wendy's Burger lovers seemed to shrug off mad cow in December.
The Motley Fool September 11, 2007 Jack Uldrich	Too Many Tumors for VeriChip's Chips Studies linking implantable RFID chips to cancer in animals are very bad news for VeriChip, and parent company Applied Digital Solutions.
Food Processing January 2005 Judy Rice	RFID on your package: No pain, no gain? Implementation of radio frequency identification technology isn't as simple as just slapping an RFID tag on a shipping case or pallet. Here are the critical considerations before implementing this technology ... and some available outside help.
InternetNews February 25, 2004 Susan Kuchinskas	A Baby Step For RFID Privacy RSA Security has announced that it's working on RSA Blocker Tag, an anti-radio frequency identification technology. The proposed tag is designed to prevent readers from accurately scanning tags on goods and reading their electronic product codes, or EPCs.
The Motley Fool February 14, 2006 Tim Beyers	Security Gets the RFID Treatment The soon-to-go-public VeriChip makes implantable RFID devices. Chilling, you say? Even so, RFID remains big business with growth estimated to top $26 billion by 2015, up from just under $2 billion in 2005.
Food Processing April 2005 Mike Pehanich	Race to traceability Record-keeping requirements for food processors will have far-reaching impact on the safety and quality of the food supply. Factory floor data systems are the lynch-pin in processor's traceability programs.
CIO July 1, 2005 Thomas Wailgum	Is Big Brother Coming to Your Wallet? Despite privacy worries, the march is on toward putting RFIDs in individuals' wallets, whether or not they want them. Whenever companies decide to deploy RFIDs containing personal data, CIOs will have to figure out what's going to be done with the data.
InternetNews January 12, 2005 Susan Kuchinskas	RFID Tags a Booming Biz Research firm In-Stat says RFID tags will become the most far-reaching wireless technology since the cell phone, reaching $2.8 billion in four years.