Application of Blockchain and Internet of Things to Ensure Tamper-Proof Data Availability for Food Safety
2020 (English)In: Journal of Food Quality, ISSN 0146-9428, E-ISSN 1745-4557, Vol. 2020, article id 5385207Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Food supply chain plays a vital role in human health and food prices. Food supply chain inefficiencies in terms of unfair competition and lack of regulations directly affect the quality of human life and increase food safety risks. This work merges Hyperledger Fabric, an enterprise-ready blockchain platform with existing conventional infrastructure, to trace a food package from farm to fork using an identity unique for each food package while keeping it uncomplicated. It keeps the records of business transactions that are secured and accessible to stakeholders according to the agreed set of policies and rules without involving any centralized authority. This paper focuses on exploring and building an uncomplicated, low-cost solution to quickly link the existing food industry at different geographical locations in a chain to track and trace the food in the market.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Hindawi Limited , 2020. Vol. 2020, article id 5385207
Keywords [en]
Blockchain, Competition, Food safety, Food supply, Internet of things, Supply chains, Business transaction, Data availability, Food industries, Food package, Geographical locations, Human health, Low-cost solution, Track and Trace, Costs
National Category
Other Engineering and Technologies
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-49118DOI: 10.1155/2020/5385207ISI: 000540598300002Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85086634395OAI: oai:DiVA.org:mdh-49118DiVA, id: diva2:1447305
2020-06-252020-06-252020-07-02Bibliographically approved