Today IBM announced its
Food Trust network is now generally available, plus French supermarket giant Carrefour and others have joined. The network enables food traceability from farm to retailer and beyond.
Food traceability is a hot topic in part because of food safety issues. A good tracing solution will help to identify the source of any food problems quickly. But also when there’s a health outbreak, by identifying the origin, it prevents large volumes of good food being destroyed ‘just in case’.
Additionally, consumers are increasingly conscious about working conditions for laborers and want to ensure farming is sustainable. Because of customer interest, Carrefour the 12,000 store supermarket recently announced its ‘Act for Food’ program. Consumers can use a mobile app to scan a QR code and find out details about the items.
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