Blockchain Enabled Privacy-Preserved Supply-Chain Management for Tracing the Food Goods

A simple definition of supply chain can be said as a focus on recording activities involving the complete logistics of a given product. Food safety concerns to be an indispensable consideration for both consumers, producers and regulators. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 420,000 people die each year as a result of food contamination, which affects one in ten people across the world. Based on the reports from WHO, each year 125,000 children are being hospitalized because of foodborne illness, potentially placing them at the highest risk 1. Due to this, Blockchain food traceability is gaining momentum in the global agri-food sector. The capability to track the life process of products from origin through every point of contact on its journey to the consumer instantaneously, bolsters credibility, efficiency and safety. Consumers would have the ability to trace their food from fields to plate, with the help of an Id. Blockchain holds the promise of disruptive transformation, but not without potential roadblocks along the way. In a fast-paced economy, transparency can be a double-edged sword.