A regional supervisor of one of China’s food markets has announced an agricultural product traceability platform based on blockchain, AI, big data, and cloud computing, reported RFID World. The platform used by the Guangzhou Municipality’s Market Supervision Bureau aims to monitor the flow of food products and enable better market control for the administration to ensure food safety.
Guangzhou is the capital of the Guangdong province in China and has previously reported numerous food safety breaches. Although food supervisors keep a strict watch on markets, it is not physically possible to verify the quality of every packaged food and other products. Currently, the food traceability platform covers 8,018 businesses in 90 agricultural markets across the city.
The traceability platform collects production data, including relating to the farm, details of the farmer, how and when the produce was harvested. The next step is recording the inspection and certification details of the agricultural produce.
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