Solution Overview
The Food Safety Law and the Drug Administration Law require end-to-end traceability for food and drugs. The Regulations on the Administration of Consumer Product Recalls require a defective product to be traceable. Packaging is the last production step in food, pharmaceuticals, and daily chemicals, and it decides whether a unit can be traced, whether a fake or a diverted case can be caught, and whether quality and compliance hold. Older lines assign codes in pieces, the data does not join up, tracing is slow, and inspection is still done by eye. Built on IoT and line integration, this solution connects packaging equipment, assigns one code per item, inspects by vision, and watches the line.
It covers bottles, cartons, bags, and cans. Codes can be barcodes, QR codes, or RFID, linked from the unit to the case to the pallet, which is what food and drug traceability rules ask for. Anti-counterfeit and anti-diversion use code-range control, a region check, and an alert when consumption looks wrong. Vision catches a missing fill, a missing part, a label in the wrong place, and bad print. The line reports machine state, output, and efficiency, including OEE. MES, ERP, and the traceability platform close the production data loop.
What the rules require, and how to start
Drugs must follow the National Medical Products Administration's traceability-code rules and connect to the national drug traceability collaboration platform. Infant formula and foods for special medical purposes need traceability from start to finish. Choose the code level — unit, case, or pallet, depending on the product and the channel. Set up vision — light, camera, and an AI model for the defects you actually see. Match the line speed — coding, association, and reporting cannot become the bottleneck. Join MES and ERP — batch, work order, and materials tied to the traceability code.
