Application of Blockchain and Internet of Things to Ensure Tamper-Proof Data Availability for Food Safety

Iftekhar, Adnan; Cui, Xiaohui; Hassan, Mir; Afzal, Wasif

doi:10.1155/2020/5385207

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“…We think that the adoption of BC‐based traceability systems could make the agrifood supply chains more prone to use also other digital tools favoring the adoption of other emerging technologies (big data, robotics, Internet of Things, RFID, NFC, hyperspectral imaging, etc.) that could allow an higher automation of the food supply processes, enhanced with full transparency and traceability (Feng, 2017; Iftekhar, Cui, Hassan, & Afzal, 2020).…”

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Blockchain technology and traceability in the agrifood industry

Patelli

Mandrioli

2020

Journal of Food Science

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Distributed ledgers are becoming commonly used technologies to trace agrifood supply chains in view of their safety, immutability, transparency, and scalability. In the present review, we discuss the most relevant case studies of agrifood supply chain traceability using blockchain (BC) and other distributed ledgers technologies. Considering that each supply chain actually has specific requests of traceability, we here suggest a logical scheme in order to favor the identification of the BC structure that is more appropriate for each agrifood supply chain, including the identification of supply chains where complex BC technologies are actually not necessary.

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Blockchain technology and traceability in the agrifood industry

Patelli

Mandrioli

2020

Journal of Food Science

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“…Bumblauskas et al [126], for example, integrated blockchain with internal traceability software, hardware, and data entry from a system operator. Similarly, Iftekhar et al [187] merged an enterprise-ready blockchain platform with existing conventional infrastructure.…”

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User Interface of Blockchain-Based Agri-Food Traceability Applications: A Review

Tharatipyakul

Pongnumkul

2021

IEEE Access

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Blockchain technology is a secure distributed ledger for lists of transactions, which has immense potential to solve traditional agri-food supply chain issues. An increasing number of research on blockchain-based traceability applications aims to improve food quality and safety. Still, relatively few works considered user interfaces when developing and reporting their applications, which could lead to usability issues. This paper aims to address this gap by reviewing existing works from user interface perspectives. We gathered 25 review papers on blockchain or agri-food supply chain and 39 research papers that presented screenshots of user interfaces of related applications. We first reviewed 7 review papers that focused on the blockchain-based agri-food supply chain to understand the benefits and challenges in the blockchain applications. We then analyzed 14 blockchain-based agri-food traceability applications and 10 non-blockchain-based agri-food traceability applications. The analysis resulted in categorizations of 5 target user groups, 3 main approaches for collecting data, 5 main approaches for visualizing data, and a discussion of other aspects of user interfaces. However, we found insufficient details and discussions on the user interfaces and design decisions of the applications for further usability assessment. Additionally, user involvement for evaluation is lower in blockchain-based researches than in non-blockchain-based researches. This trend could lead to usability problems of blockchain applications, causing blockchain technology to be underutilized. Finally, we discussed research gaps and future research directions related to user interface design, which should be addressed to ease future blockchain adoption.

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“…Some deal with the issue of personal data ownership on the cloud storage platform [14,15]. Other DApps include supply chain application [16,17], insurance application [18], Internet of Things (IoT) with blockchain [19,20], game application [21], and secondary radio spectrum trade [22]. Our system focuses on data recording, and this type of application is similar to the application of product biography or supply chain.…”

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A Blockchain‐Based Vehicle Condition Recording System for Second‐Hand Vehicle Market

Jiang

Sun

2021

Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing

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Due to the cheap price and decent performance of used cars, the second-hand vehicle market is quite active in Taiwan. However, the vehicle information in the market of second-hand vehicles is centralized at present. In other words, the vehicle information is still provided by the second-hand vehicle dealers, which are not transparent and have no tampering cost. As the result, the authenticity, accuracy, and fairness of these second-hand vehicle data are worth discussing. To solve the above problems, this paper proposed a trusted vehicle data source system based on blockchain technology. The system is built on the Ethereum platform with the private chain structure. With the help of our platform, a trusted third party (e.g., maintenance plant and government branch) can record vehicle information into Blockchain so the integrity of vehicle information can be maintained. Customers can easily query the relevant vehicle information through our system interface and avoid receiving fake vehicle information. This system is a Proof of Concept (PoC), and the feasibility is examined by evaluating transactions per second (TPS) of the proposed system.

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Application of Blockchain and Internet of Things to Ensure Tamper-Proof Data Availability for Food Safety

Cited by 76 publications

References 25 publications

Blockchain technology and traceability in the agrifood industry

Blockchain technology and traceability in the agrifood industry

User Interface of Blockchain-Based Agri-Food Traceability Applications: A Review

A Blockchain‐Based Vehicle Condition Recording System for Second‐Hand Vehicle Market

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