FoodSQRBlock: Digitizing food production & supply chain with blockchain & QR code in the cloud

Abstract

<div><div><div><p>Food safety is an important issue in today’s world. Traditional agri-food production system doesn’t offer easy traceability of the produce at any point of the supply chain, and hence, during a food-borne outbreak, it is very difficult to sift through food production data to track produce and origin of the outbreak. In recent years, blockchain based food production system has resolved this challenge, however, none of the proposed methodologies makes the food production data easily accessible, traceable and verifiable by consumers or producers using mobile/edge devices. In this paper, we propose FoodSQRBlock (Food Safety Quick Response Block), a blockchain technology based framework, which digitizes the food production information, and makes it easily accessible, traceable and verifiable by the consumers and producers by using QR codes. We also propose a large scale integration of FoodSQRBlock in the cloud to show the feasibility and scalability of the framework, and experimental evaluation to prove that.</p></div></div></div>

Implementation of Hybrid Blockchain in a Pre-Owned Electric Vehicle Supply Chain

“…In case of the single node, the vehicle manufacturer could assign a Ethereum generated QR code to each vehicle. This creates the trust among stakeholders since there is no human intervention or third-party involvement in assigning the QR code [83][84][85][86][87]. It is generated by the Ethereum blockchain node itself, no one can tamper the code.…”

“…The QR code based blockchain applications like food supply chain, medicine supply chain and other application are mentioned [83] - [87].…”

Measuring the Effect of Blockchain Extrinsic Cues on Consumers’ Perceived Flavor and Healthiness: A Cross-Country Analysis

“…Among others, one of the attempts is to implement blockchain technology, to supply detailed information about products, sources of materials, and production processes [ 43 ], with the double advantage of: (i) advancing the agri-food industry towards healthier and safer practices, and (ii) making consumers more informed [ 44 , 45 ], in this case about what they are eating, while nudging them towards a more balanced diet. An additional advantage is that multiple information might be made available in a friendly and accessible way to consumers, through QR codes and link texts showed on food packages [ 46 , 47 ]. Thus, consumers can easily access information in the retail shop, for example through interactive kiosks, and check it in every moment without consulting the internet.…”