Last year, Walmart and IBM invigorated the food industry by their partnership to improve supply chain traceability and transparency. The idea was to marry the standards of GS1 with the traceability and transparency that blockchain offers. Now FoodLogiQ is joining the fray with their own offering.
FoodLogiQ, the SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) provider of food supply chain traceability solutions, announced a blockchain pilot programme at the GS1 Connect conference. Several firms have agreed to test the application, including AgBiome Innovations, Subway®/Independent Purchasing Cooperative, Testo and Tyson Foods.
FoodLogiQ Labs, the company’s innovation arm, will spearhead the pilot, which is set to get underway in Q3 2018. The aim is to study the opportunities and challenges of blockchain in food traceability.
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