18mm · Passive NFC · Clinical Grade
A miniature, battery-free NFC temperature sensing tag that delivers clinical-grade accuracy across pharmaceutical cold chains, food logistics, and industrial applications. Scan with any NFC smartphone — no app, no battery, no compromise.
How it works
Place the Formic Tag on or inside your package, shipment, or storage unit at the point of origin. The 18mm form factor fits on individual vials, blister packs, food containers, or industrial components.
At any checkpoint — warehouse, transit hub, delivery, or end destination — hold any NFC-enabled smartphone or handheld reader near the tag. Temperature data is read instantly with no pairing, no app download, and no battery to check.
Temperature readings are timestamped and logged automatically — providing a complete, tamper-evident chain of custody record for regulatory compliance, quality assurance, and dispute resolution across the full journey.
Use cases
Meet GDP, GMP, and WHO cold chain compliance requirements with clinical-grade temperature documentation at the individual unit level — not just at the pallet or container.
Track temperature excursions across multi-modal cold chains — from refrigerated warehouse to last-mile delivery — without the cost and complexity of active data loggers.
Attach directly to fresh produce, dairy, meat, and packaged food to provide farm-to-shelf temperature traceability — meeting FSSAI and food safety audit requirements cost-effectively.
Monitor temperature-sensitive components, adhesives, chemicals, and raw materials across storage and manufacturing processes — where a temperature excursion can mean costly rework or quality failures.
Why Formic Tag
Most temperature loggers make you choose between cost and capability. Formic Tag doesn't.
Formic Tag harvests power from the NFC reader field at the moment of scan. No battery to replace, no charge to check, no dead tags mid-shipment.
±0.1°C accuracy — the same standard required for pharmaceutical applications. Not a logistics-grade approximation, a clinical measurement.
The smallest form factor in its class. Attaches to individual vials, single blister packs, or any surface where a larger logger simply won't fit.
Standard NFC Type 2 protocol. No proprietary readers, no dedicated hardware to procure. Any NFC-enabled smartphone — Android or iOS — reads it natively.
Single-use construction ensures the tag cannot be reused or data altered after the fact — giving auditors and regulators a trustworthy, unbroken record.
Designed, validated, and manufactured by the Formic Labs team — the same engineers who built it can support, adapt, and scale it for your specific application.
Technical specifications
Formic Tag's ±0.1°C accuracy is calibrated and validated to meet the requirements of pharmaceutical cold chain applications under WHO, GDP, and GMP guidelines. Full calibration certificates available on request.
Get in touch for pricing, samples, or to discuss your specific application.