Blockchain in Food Supply Chain

Tanzila Shabir
Coinmonks

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Does that organic food packet you bought truly include organic food, or is it merely an effort to charge you more for regular food?

Our food supply chain is always at risk of being tampered with, which hurts many people.

And there needs to be a way to trace the origin of the problem.

The World Health Organization estimates that over 420,000 individuals lose their lives yearly due to consuming tainted food. This means about 1 in 10 people get sick after eating contaminated food.

In this article, we will learn about the problems our food business is facing right now. We will also examine how blockchain will shake up this business and change how it works.

Now Let’s first look at some of the challenges our food business has to deal with.

Problems in the Food Industry

The biggest challenge about this business is that the global food supply chain is so complicated that it’s almost impossible for stores to tell where a product came from.

Even though retailers have strict quality checks and steps, food contamination cases are increasing.

The results can be very bad when an infected food item arrives at a supermarket or other big store and is bought and eaten. This puts the…

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