A private Indian firm Srijan Technologies is funding a blockchain study by researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Delhi. The project aims to trace honey in a bid to eliminate the problem of impurities and illegal additives.
Indian honey has a reputation for being contaminated and previously has been prohibited from being imported by the U.S. and E.U. In 2010, the E.U.
banned Indian honey altogether, citing the use of antibiotics in production and lead contamination.
Srijan is building a blockchain-enabled honey traceability platform to study the honey supply chain from bee farm to the retailer. The IIT study identified problem areas like the addition of different honey, feeding the bees sugar, mislabeling and masking the geographical origin of honey.
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