Planning Secure Consumption: Food Safety Using Blockchain

Agriculture is the foremost form of sustenance for all living beings on the planet. Food supply chain management is the flow of agricultural products from farms, harvesters, processing, distributing, retail and finally consumers. It is a sequence that starts from food production till final consumption. The existing traceability of the food supply chain isn’t entirely reliable and the authentic city of each stakeholder cannot be checked manually as it is a time-taking. Instead of a centralized source, a transparent and decentralized process can be adapted through Blockchain Technology to trace the food back to its source. Blockchain is a peer-to-peer network that helps keep the data in the ledger tamper-proof. It would be a way to prevent serious health risks and be versed in the origin, transport and sale of the products that consumers buy from stakeholders. In this paper, we propose a traceable food-safety with Blockchain Technology & Smart Contracts which would make it transparent and tamper-proof. Through the proposed solution, a long-lasting trust is established among the consumers and the stakeholders to make it reliable, contamination-free and traceable. The entire supply chain, right from the fields to the kitchen, will be closely monitored which leaves room for no mistakes.