Traceability of Sustainable and Safe Fisheries Supply Chain Management Systems using Radio Frequency Identification Technology

Abstract

At present, sustainability and emerging technology are the most expressed issues in any supply chain management (SCM) sector. At the same time, pandemic makes consumers more concerned regarding health, and safe food with a sustainable way to access the current market. Thus, supervision and monitoring of product quality with symmetric traceability information in fresh food and fisheries SCM is significant. Research on food safety and traceability systems based on blockchain, internet of service (IoT), wireless sensor networks (WSN), and radio frequency identification (RFID) provides the solution of constancy from production to consumption. This review focused on the RFID-based traceability systems in fisheries SCM, which have been employed globally in the last fifteen years to ensure fish quality and security. Additionally, a summarized comparison study has presented different sectors’ traceability systems using RFID and their advantages over real-time applications. The outcome of this study will help future researchers to solve the crisis in terms of trust between consumers and the fisheries SCM. Thus, this review would be a guideline and solution for enhancing the reliability of RFID-based traceability in food SCM systems to ensure the integrity and reducing the opacity and asymmetry in the product information.

Digital innovations in the post-pandemic era towards safer and sustainable food operations: A mini-review

“…The food and Drug Administration (FDA) is planning to release a relevant blueprint targeting the development of traceable food systems and secure food supply (FDA, 2020). Technologies such as artificial intelligence, blockchain, the Internet of Things (IoT), and sensor technology would allow the direct tracking of foods and commodities from farm to fork (Maragoni-Santos et al, 2021;Rahman et al, 2021). The combination of advanced traceability systems with modern analytical and smart tools (e.g., remote inspections, and root cause analysis) would reduce the response to foodborne outbreaks by using data streams (Kittipanya-Ngam and Tan, 2020; Yu et al, 2022).…”

“…According to the literature, blockchain and is the most mature DI application for food safety purposes. Although blockchain was initially used to record financial transactions, its application has evolved for food safety purposes, specifically to ensure that data in the food production process will enable the timely disclosure of knowledge such as source, batch number, and manufacturing date, and also the accountability and honesty of the manufacturing process (Rahman et al, 2021), food safety certification (Zhang et al, 2021), and organic products, which help in promoting food safety (Yadav et al, 2020).…”