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At SparX, our goal is to ensuring product quality, transparency and safety through the blockchain. Our decentralized application bridges communication gaps between manufacturers, distributors, retailers, and consumers.
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Fake nutraceuticals: A global health and economic concern
Fake nutraceuticals: A global health and economic concern
Nutraceutical products have taken the spotlight today, when people are looking for items that not only supplement our dietary needs but…
Mikko
Nov 27, 2018
The problem of pharmaceutical fraud in China
The problem of pharmaceutical fraud in China
China is well-known for its fraudulent and counterfeiting activities in many industries — one of the biggest being the pharmaceutical…
Mikko
Nov 23, 2018
The olive oil in your house might be fake
The olive oil in your house might be fake
In 2015 , Time came out with a story whose headline looked ominous in big black font: “This Is The Big Lie About Your Olive Oil.” The…
Hazel Ramos
Nov 16, 2018
The Horsemeat Scandal of 2013: What you need to know
The Horsemeat Scandal of 2013: What you need to know
It has been five years since the world was rocked by one of the worst food fraud scandals in recent times, arguably the biggest in the…
Hazel Ramos
Oct 31, 2018
Tracking the supply chain for safer medical products
Tracking the supply chain for safer medical products
Blockchain is most commonly known as the building block behind cryptocurrency, most popularly behind Bitcoin. But blockchain isn’t limited…
SparXChain
Sep 17, 2018
How medicine is falsified: defining counterfeit medicine
How medicine is falsified: defining counterfeit medicine
One of the biggest challenges facing the campaign against counterfeit medicine is defining what counts as counterfeiting. Some countries…
SparXChain
Sep 12, 2018
The dangerous rise of fake medicines
The dangerous rise of fake medicines
Counterfeit medicine is one of the world’s biggest problems and according to the World Health Organization (WHO), no country is untouched…
SparXChain
Sep 10, 2018
Changing gears: the food industry on combating fraud
Changing gears: the food industry on combating fraud
Food fraud is a lucrative business — it’s a $50 billion a year trade. It’s also one of the most alarming problems of the world today. It…
SparXChain
Sep 5, 2018
Food fraud: A real global threat
Food fraud: A real global threat
In recent years, we’ve seen different nations crack down on China’s adulterated, substandard or imitation food products, and this has…
SparXChain
Aug 30, 2018
Transforming the food industry via distributed ledger tech
Transforming the food industry via distributed ledger tech
While people are more familiar with blockchain as it applies in cryptocurrency, the technology itself is seen as a promising tool for…
SparXChain
Aug 29, 2018
Fighting counterfeit products with tamper-proof tech
Fighting counterfeit products with tamper-proof tech
Food fraud alone is a multi-billion dollar problem worldwide. According to the latest statistics, we lose $50 billion a year on all kinds…
SparXChain
Aug 23, 2018
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