The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was planning to publish a blueprint on food safety when its attention turned to COVID-19. But the FDA’s leaders say that COVID-19 has accelerated the need for enhanced food traceability measures leveraging emerging technologies such as blockchain.
With numerous outbreaks of E.Coli in leafy greens in the past few years, food traceability tools are needed for fast recalls that minimize waste. “We knew that these new technologies could be game changers,” said Commissioner Stephen Hahn and Deputy Commissioner Frank Yiannas in a website article.
But what has happened during COVID-19 is both supply chain disruption and redirection. Supermarkets were initially overwhelmed by demand, but the food normally targeted at restaurants was wasted.
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