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Traceability requirements in supply chain management are getting more and more strict in order to ensure product quality and public safety. Such requirements are particularly difficult to reach in the agro-food sector, especially for fresh ready-to-eat (RTE) vegetables, where specific needs exist; for example, mixed RTE salads are made of different produces, and there is the need to track and trace the treatments all the ingredients separately receive, avoiding gaps in the electronic histories. Traceability global standards, along with the adoption of Radio Frequency (RF) technologies have been widely experimented in this field; nevertheless, there are still many difficulties. Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) cause a big impact on the existing information system, and meet the opposition of professionals in the field such as agronomists who feel out of the process. Additionally, Ultra-High Frequency (UHF) Radio Frequency …