Tao, Q., Iftekhar, A., Cai, Z., & Cui, X. (2021). Blockchain-Based Rice Supply Chain Traceability to Ensure Rice Quality and Food Safety. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202106.0223.v1
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Tao, Q., Zhenyu Cai and Xiaohui Cui. 2021 "Blockchain-Based Rice Supply Chain Traceability to Ensure Rice Quality and Food Safety" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202106.0223.v1
Abstract
Rice is the grain feeds more than half of the world population. It is an important staple food provides twenty percent of the calories consumed worldwide. Food safety affects the health of consumers. Establishing an effective traceability system is one of the primary measures to protect rice quality and food safety. Blockchain-based traceability system has the characteristics of data tamper-proofing, decentralization, and co-governance. This paper proposed a rice traceability scheme based on blockchain technology that selects the critical nodes in the rice industry chain to construct a blockchain network to achieve transparent data sharing. It is meaningful for both enterprises and consumers. It can let enterprises get the real quality information of rice and related raw materials. Consumers can get the true information of rice and rice products to buy safe and healthy food. The scheme is proved feasible by simulating the traceability of the rice supply chain.
Keywords
Blockchain; Rice; Supply chain traceability; Quality control
Subject
Computer Science and Mathematics, Algebra and Number Theory
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