scholarly journals Blockchain-Based Traceability System That Ensures Food Safety Measures to Protect Consumer Safety and COVID-19 Free Supply Chains

Foods ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 1289
Author(s):  
Adnan Iftekhar ◽  
Xiaohui Cui
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Food Safety ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Data Sharing ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Safety Measures ◽  
Audit Trail ◽  
Traceability System ◽  
Consumer Safety ◽  
Novel Coronavirus

The world is facing an unprecedented socio-economic crisis caused by the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19). The virus is also spreading through the import and export food supply chains. The Chinese authorities have discovered the COVID-19 virus in various imported frozen meat packages. Traceability plays a vital role in food quality and food safety. The Internet of Things (IoT) provides solutions to overseeing environmental conditions, product quality, and product traceability. These solutions are traditionally based on a centralized architecture, which does not guarantee tamper-proof data sharing. The blockchain is an emerging technology that provides tamper-proof data sharing in real-time. This article presents a blockchain-enabled supply chain architecture to ensure the availability of a tamper-proof audit trail. This tamper-proof audit trail helps to make sure that all safety measures are undertaken to minimize the risk of COVID-19 and other bacteria, fungi, and parasites being present in the frozen meat supply chain.

scholarly journals A Blockchain Use Case in Cold Chain to Minimize the Risk of COVID-19 Infection

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adnan Iftekhar ◽  
Xiaohui Cui
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Data Sharing ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Cold Chain ◽  
Use Case ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Food Supply Chains ◽  
Reference Guide ◽  
Import And Export ◽  
Novel Coronavirus

The world is facing an unprecedented socio-economic crisis caused by the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19). It is also spreading through the import and export food supply chains. The Chinese authorities have discovered the COVID-19 virus in various imported frozen meat packages. Traceability plays a vital role in food quality and food safety. The Internet of Things (IoT) provides solutions to keep an eye on environmental conditions, product quality, and product traceability. These solutions are traditionally based on the centralized architecture, which does not guarantee tamper-proof data sharing. The blockchain is an emerging technology that provides tamper-proof data sharing in real-time. This article presents Hyperledger Fabric-based blockchain use case and a quick reference guide to develop the blockchain network for tracking and tracing the supply chain to minimize the risk of COVID-19 in the frozen meat supply chain.

scholarly journals Systematic Review on Food Safety and Supply Chain Risk Assessment Post Pandemic: Malaysian Perspective

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Md Saad Nurul Eiman ◽  
Firdaus Muhammad Nurul Azmi Aida ◽  
Trias Mahmudiono ◽  
Siva Raseetha
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Food Safety ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Supply Chain Risk ◽  
Food Supply Chain ◽  
Economic Sectors ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Novel Coronavirus ◽  
The Impact

The novel coronavirus disease 2019, or COVID-19, is a recent disease that has struck the entire world. This review is conducted to study the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic to food safety as well as the food supply chain. The pandemic has caused various changes around the world as numerous countries and governments have implemented lockdowns and restrictions to help curb the rising cases due to COVID-19. However, these restrictions have impacted many aspects of everyday life, including the economic sectors such as the food industry. An overview of the current COVID-19 situation in Malaysia was discussed in this review along with its implication on food safety and food supply chain. This is followed by a discussion on the definition of food safety, the impact of the pandemic to food safety, as well as the steps to be taken to ensure food safety. Hygiene of food handlers, complete vaccination requirement, kitchen sanitation and strict standard operating procedures (SOPs) should be in place to ensure the safety of food products, either in food industries or small scale business. Additionally, the aspect of the food supply chain was also discussed, including the definition of the food supply chain and the impact of COVID-19 to the food supply chain. Travel restriction and lack of manpower had impacted the usual operation and production activities. Lack of customers and financial difficulties to sustain business operational costs had even resulted in business closure. As a conclusion, this article provides insight into crucial factors that need to be considered to effectively contain COVID-19 cases and highlights the precaution methods to be taken through continuous monitoring and implementation by Malaysian government.

Based on RFID Food Supply Chain Traceability System Framework Design

2011 ◽  
Vol 474-476 ◽  
pp. 2150-2154
Author(s):  
Xu Li ◽  
Pin Chao Liu
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Food Safety ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Food Supply Chain ◽  
System Framework ◽  
Safety Issues ◽  
Traceability System ◽  
Framework Design ◽  
Safety Design ◽  
The Operating Mechanism

With the people's attention to food safety issues, And RFID used in the field of the traceability of food safety. Design a system of based on RFID that used to trace the information of food safety. This paper talks about the layers of the system, as well as analyzes every layer’s function, and describes the operating mechanism of this system.

scholarly journals Blockchain-Based Rice Supply Chain Traceability to Ensure Rice Quality and Food Safety

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qi Tao ◽  
Adnan Iftekhar ◽  
Zhenyu Cai ◽  
Xiaohui Cui
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Food Safety ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Quality Information ◽  
World Population ◽  
Rice Quality ◽  
Industry Chain ◽  
Traceability System ◽  
Blockchain Technology ◽  
Critical Nodes

Rice is the grain feeds more than half of the world population. It is an important staple food provides twenty percent of the calories consumed worldwide. Food safety affects the health of consumers. Establishing an effective traceability system is one of the primary measures to protect rice quality and food safety. Blockchain-based traceability system has the characteristics of data tamper-proofing, decentralization, and co-governance. This paper proposed a rice traceability scheme based on blockchain technology that selects the critical nodes in the rice industry chain to construct a blockchain network to achieve transparent data sharing. It is meaningful for both enterprises and consumers. It can let enterprises get the real quality information of rice and related raw materials. Consumers can get the true information of rice and rice products to buy safe and healthy food. The scheme is proved feasible by simulating the traceability of the rice supply chain.

scholarly journals Traceability of Fruits and Vegetables Supply Chain towards Efficient Management: A Case Study from Sri Lanka

2021 ◽  
Vol 03 (02) ◽  
pp. 89-106
Author(s):  
Y. M. P. Samarasinghe ◽  
B. A. M. S. Kumara ◽  
Asela K. Kulatunga
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Fruits And Vegetables ◽  
Postharvest Losses ◽  
Food Supply Chains ◽  
Traceability System ◽  
Product Identification

The necessity for food traceability has been increased over the years with the expansion of food supply chains globally over these years due to stringent of food safety regulations. Enhancing the access to quality food safely is one of the essential requirements of food supply chain traceability. Conversely, significant percentages of postharvest losses available especially in developing countries due to poor supply chain and logistics practices thereby threatening food security. Unless there is a possibility to trace the Supply chain, it is difficult to take remedial actions. When it comes to Sri Lanka, currently it is harder to have the traceability in most of the foods supply chains commonly on most of the elementary supply chains such as fruits and vegetables. This has led to postharvest losses since it is harder to identify when and where damages occur, who are accountable, harvested and transient times, supply demand mismatch too. Therefore, this paper aims to investigate the feasibility of tracing of fruit and vegetable supply chain in Sri Lanka and contribute theoretically to facilitate authorities and decision makers for future traceability improvement. Availability of secondary information on fruits and vegetables traceability was examined referring to government agencies. Basic structure of supply chain was identified based on secondary data and a case study was conducted based on supply chains linked to Thambuththegama and Keppetipola Dedicated Economic Centers to gather primary data. To quantify the feasibility of tracing, a feasibility index was developed. Developed index was used to assess the feasibility towards improved traceability of selected chains where it can be applied for other food and non-food supply chains as well. The feasibility index can be used for other fruits and vegetables supply chains too to assess the feasibility prior to implementation of a traceability system. Furthermore, it can be used for non-food supply chains with some modifications. Analysis revealed that poor feasibility of wholesalers compared to farmers and retailers. Product identification technologies, awareness and willingness for traceability improvement were ranged low to fair for all the entity categories. Hence, enhancement of record-keeping and information sharing, adopting product identification and quality measurement technologies, and strengthening of legislation were identified as key improvements for enhanced fruits and vegetable traceability and efficient postharvest management of studied supply chains

scholarly journals A Year following the Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Existing Challenges and Ways the Food Industry Has Been Impacted

Foods ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 2389
Author(s):  
Márcio Vargas-Ramella ◽  
José M. Lorenzo ◽  
Benjamin M. Bohrer ◽  
Mirian Pateiro ◽  
Jesús J. Cantalapiedra ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Food Security ◽  
Food Safety ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Food Industry ◽  
Food System ◽  
Food Distribution ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Food Supply Chain ◽  
Novel Coronavirus

The COVID-19 pandemic has created significant impacts for nearly all industrial and societal sectors in the world. As closures and social distancing mandates were implemented to help control the spread of the novel coronavirus designated as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the food industry was immensely affected. This review explores the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the food supply chain from a multi-disciplinary viewpoint and provides perspectives on the consequences on food safety and food security, a risk assessment on human–animal interactions, and considers logistical/protocol adjustments required for the food industry. While foodborne transmission of the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 is not a significant factor for food safety as direct transmission of the virus through food products is not evident, food security has been significantly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic threatens food accessibility, especially for vulnerable populations of people, through its effects on food cost and infrastructure, food distribution and public transit access, and social inequities. Currently, global interest for COVID-19 is focused on human health and rightfully so, but adverse effects on the food supply chain are already evident and will likely continue to occur for several years after the pandemic is over, let alone if other global health pandemics of this magnitude surface in upcoming years. Uncertainties over the novel coronavirus have interrupted global trade and supply chains. The pandemic has underlined the importance of a robust and resilient food system, which presents an unprecedented challenge for competent authorities in upcoming years.

scholarly journals Consortium blockchains based traceability system for chicken product supply chain

2022 ◽  
Vol 355 ◽  
pp. 02037
Author(s):  
Yugege Feng ◽  
Wenjing Yan ◽  
Min Zuo ◽  
Qingchuan Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Food Safety ◽  
Consumer Goods ◽  
Hazard Analysis ◽  
Control Points ◽  
Quality And Safety ◽  
Traceability System ◽  
Critical Control Points ◽  
Live Poultry ◽  
High Level

In recent years, people pay increasing attention to food safety. Chicken, as the second largest meat consumer goods in China, requires high level quality traceability. However, due to the small monomer and large quantity of live poultry, it is difficult to duplicate the whole chain tracing mode of pig industry. In this paper we use HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points) to analyze the key control points in the chicken supply chain, and design the traceability code for each chicken product. The traceability system applies the consortium blockchains technology to realize the secure and trusted up-chaining of traceability data, which ensures the quality and safety of chicken in the market.

On-chain vs. off-chain storage for supply- and blockchain integration

2018 ◽  
Vol 60 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 283-291 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Hepp ◽  
Matthew Sharinghousen ◽  
Philip Ehret ◽  
Alexander Schoenhals ◽  
Bela Gipp
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Data Sharing ◽  
Data Integrity ◽  
Quality And Safety ◽  
Chain Processes ◽  
Related Information ◽  
End Products ◽  
Secure Data

Abstract Supply chains are the basis of most everyday life products. Both data integrity and authenticity of related information have severe implications for quality and safety of end-products. Hence, tamper-proof storage is necessary that prevents unauthorized modifications. We examine peer-reviewed blockchain technologies according to four criteria relevant to supply chains: On-chain storage, off-chain storage, verification cost and secure data sharing. Our evaluation yields an overview of concepts for modeling supply chain processes and points out that on-chain storage is currently not practical.

scholarly journals A Credible Food Traceability System Based on Domain Name System Security Extensions

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (04) ◽  
pp. 111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yi Liu ◽  
Sha Liu ◽  
Junyu Wang ◽  
Kan Qian ◽  
Yiwei Shi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Food Safety ◽  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Information Service ◽  
System Security ◽  
Data Integrity ◽  
Domain Name System ◽  
Domain Name ◽  
Food Traceability ◽  
Traceability System

Food safety has drawn worldwide attention because of its enormous impact on human health and social stability. Although traceability systems based on Internet of Things (IoT) can improve the visibility of the food supply chain, the trust service is necessary to ensure the data origin and data integrity. This paper proposes a food traceability system supported by a trust service based on Domain Name System Security Extensions(DNSSEC). A DNSSEC-enabled traceability system is implemented for food safety in China. In the traceability system, the master data and event data of the products is stored in distributed databases owned and managed by the enterprises respectively in the supply chain. Enterprise oriented Internet of Things Information Service (iotIS) is an important component of the distributed traceability system. A trust service for the Internet of Things, iotTS, is proposed to guarantee the data integrity. With this service, it can be ensured that the information stored in the enterprise database is original and has never been manipulated. Lightweight public keys are distributed based on the DNSSEC in this solution. Compared with the existing solutions, the proposed solution has better scalability and credibility.

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