Memorias de investigación
Communications at congresses:
Digital Food Product Traceability: Using Blockchain in the International Commerce
Year:2018

Research Areas
  • Engineering

Information
Abstract
Food products are one of most important elements in the international commerce. They are also one of the most regulated markets, both at national and international level. The potential damage that inadequate food products may cause in the economy, public health or natural environment of any country turns them into a very controlled commercial flow. However, methodologies, processes and instruments to apply these controls and trace the flow of food products through the several countries and states they can pass, are very complex and inefficient. Cultural and administrate problems, language conflicts or lost documents are only some of the main issues future digital food technologies should address. Therefore, in this paper it is proposed a traceability system for food products in the international commerce, based on Blockchain networks and RFID tags. Using REST interfaces, NoSQL databases and JavaScript code it is implemented a distributed solution to collect, sign and store trustworthy information about the food product flow. A security system is also deployed to guarantee the fault-resilience and the access only by authorized users to the system. A first implementation of the proposed system is also described in order to validate the described solution.
International
Si
Congress
2018 International Conference on Digital Science (DSIC?18)
960
Place
Reviewers
Si
ISBN/ISSN
2194-5365
Start Date
19/10/2018
End Date
21/10/2018
From page
224
To page
231
Digital Science
Participants

Research Group, Departaments and Institutes related
  • Creador: Grupo de Investigación: Grupo de Ingeniería de Redes y Servicios Avanzados de Telecomunicación
  • Departamento: Ingeniería de Sistemas Telemáticos
  • Departamento: Ingeniería Topográfica y Cartografía