Patent ID: 8228197

Claim:
A smart pouch comprising: a flexible pouch; and a plurality of smart tags attached to said flexible pouch; said plurality of smart tags selected from the group consisting of a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag, a chipless RFID tag, a time sensitive tag, a time-temperature sensitive tag, a package-has-been-opened tag, a cooking instructions tag and combinations thereof; wherein a signal provided by said plurality of smart tags to a reader provides a plurality of information related to said flexible pouch to said reader; said plurality of smart tags having information related to and selected from the group consisting of a product sealed within said flexible pouch, a date said flexible pouch was manufactured, a date a product was sealed within said flexible pouch, an expiration date of said flexible pouch, an expiration date of a product sealed within said flexible pouch, a cooking instruction for a product sealed within said flexible pouch, a package-has-been-opened signal and combinations thereof.