RFID is used for identification in the pharmaceutical industry. It is used to ensure product quality and usability along with improving supply-chain efficiency and security.
A major concern with pharmaceuticals is patient safety and well being. RFID also helps greatly in reducing and tracking drug counterfeiting.
Additional benefits include inventory management and stocking of drugs.
RFID is used in wine production from the tracking of growing grapes, to making wine, to sales. It also aids with identifying the real wine from counterfeit.