Tracking and traceability of products and raw material in the shopfloor has become one of the major subjects in the research arena [ Montanari, D.J., & Aly, N. (1995). Inventors of methods for tracking the production history of food products, a US registered patent system, December; Billo, R. E., & Bidanda, B. (1998). Modelling effective material tracking systems, a case study in wireless technology, Industrial Engineering Solutions 98, Proceedings, pp. 10–17; Chanet, J. P., & Eynard, P. (2000). Technologies for the traceability in the meat industry, Technical Report: Adaption Control & Information Tracing. Proceedings of the First International Meat Automation Congress MAC 2000, pp. 1–6]. Food industry is especially the focus of recent material tracking and traceability initiatives [ Furness, T. (1998) Traceability in the livestock and meat products supply chain, Traceability Action UK (TAUK) Report and Recommendations, Coordinated by AIM UK (June 1998). http://www.defra.gov.uk/; Meghen, C. (2000). Traceability technologies for the meat industry, Technical Report: Adoption, Control & Information Tracing. Proceedings of the First International Meat Automation Congress MAC 2000, pp. 23–26]. One of the major areas that traceability of meat products can be compromised is at the boning and trimming stage. In this paper, the authors attempt to provide a solution for tracking and tracing meat cuts in a typical boning hall. The proposed system should be able to maintain high standards of operational fluency whilst maintaining 100% traceability. This could only be achieved by providing an operational smart material handling system that could address public health and safety concern. This paper represents the technical and innovative achievements in developing a fully operational novel conveyor concept (bead driven [Jephcott, D. L. (2002). Method and apparatus for transferring drive, Patent No. US2002057956, see web page: http://l2.espacenet.com/espacenet/bns.pdf?PN=US2002057956&ID=US2002057956A1+I+&PG=1]) and the associated SCADA system in a boning hall. It will then elaborate on the Information System (IS) designed for transferring the data collected from the shopfloor to intraorganisational data management systems. A multistage procedure to relate a novel idea to a fully operational smart conveyor system capable of storing, maintaining, and transferring product information into complex routings of a harsh food environment is described in detail. Integration of mechanical design, electronic architecture, and radio frequency (RF) identification equipment using the state-of-the-art factory control Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC) and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) suite of software is discussed. Various hardware tests, destructive or simulated, conducted to ensure maximum conformity to industry standards, are described. Specific tests were applied to the control software and Data Management System (DBMS) to maintain the integrity of the tracking and traceability system. Although this paper and the technology developed are targeted for meat processing industry, the result can be used as a platform for other industries that require 100% traceability, e.g., pharmaceutical and aerospace industries. Industrial Relevance This paper covers the development of a conveyor system capable of tracking and tracing food items during processing in order to minimize the risk of transfer of animal related diseases to humans. The “Meatracˮ project has provided 100% traceability for prime cuts of meat in abattoir and boning hall.