IBM launches blockchain collaboration to improve food safety

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one in ten people in the US falls ill each year from contaminated food. The source of such problems can be hard to identify due to a lack of traceability. Blockchain is an ideal technology to help address these challenges because it establishes a trusted environment for all transactions and IBM is launching a collaboration with major industry players to strengthen consumer confidence in the global food system. The consortium includes Dole, Golden State Foods, Kroger, McCormick and Company, Nestlé, Tyson Foods and Walmart, all of whom will work with IBM… [Continue Reading]