Monday, 2 July 2018
In a move that inspires one to cry out: “blockchainify everything!”, the UK’s Food Standards Agency has announced that it’s recent blockchain-focused pilot programme proved a success. This marks the first time the country has used distributed ledger tech to regulate compliance within the local food sector. Starting small, the pilot saw a slaughterhouse for beef share data on the food supply chain with the FSA, transparently providing data on all food processed at the facility. The next step of the pilot will include letting farmers record data about individual animals onto the blockchain, scheduled for next month. If it…
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