Abstract
The globalization of the food supply chain industry has significantly emerged today. Due to this, farm-to-fork food safety and quality certification have become very important. Increasing threats to food security and contamination have led to the enormous need for a revolutionary traceability system, an important mechanism for quality control that ensures sufficient food supply chain product safety. In this work, we proposed a blockchain-based solution that removes the need for a secure centralized structure, intermediaries, and exchanges of information, optimizes performance, and complies with a strong level of safety and integrity. Our approach completely relies on the use of smart contracts to monitor and manage all communications and transactions within the supply chain network among all of the stakeholders. Our approach verifies all of the transactions, which are recorded and stored in a centralized interplanetary file system database. It allows a secure and cost-effective supply chain system for the stakeholders. Thus, our proposed model gives a transparent, accurate, and traceable supply chain system. The proposed solution shows a throughput of 161 transactions per second with a convergence time of 4.82 s, and was found effective in the traceability of the agricultural products.
Highlights
It is well known that India has a large population and an enormous potential for the growth and success of food companies
In December 2017, it was claimed by a report that around 65 out of 72 food testing labs of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) were illegal [1]
In October 2018, famous food companies like Zomato, Swiggy, and Food Panda removed 10,500 hotels and restaurants from food service, as the food quality in these restaurants and hotels was not up to the mark as per the standard prescribed by the Food Safety and Standards Act of 2006 (FSS Act) [2]
Summary
It is well known that India has a large population and an enormous potential for the growth and success of food companies. A seller selling mutton knows exactly when the animal is slaughtered, when the mutton is shipped, how long the mutton is in shipment, and how long it can be used before it gets spoiled The retailer has this knowledge in his possession and can follow the product on a trip through the supply chain in real time. Blockchain technology can eliminate the middlemen involved, allowing farmers to function and connect directly with retailers to raise both parties’ sales and profits This structure can make a huge impact on smaller farms that can serve local sellers. The need for data-driven agriculture has resulted from regulating pressure, fraud, and food crisis Blockchain offers both merchants and customers an open platform to haggle for the best prices for their items.
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