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http://dx.doi.org/10.13103/JFHS.2019.34.5.489

Evaluation of Introducing Feasibility of Blockchain Technology to Food Safety Management Network  

Kwon, So-Young (Department of Food Safety Research, National Food Safety Information Service)
Min, Kyong-Se (Department of Food Safety Research, National Food Safety Information Service)
Cho, Seung Yong (Department of Food Safety Research, National Food Safety Information Service)
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Journal of Food Hygiene and Safety / v.34, no.5, 2019 , pp. 489-494 More about this Journal
Abstract
The appropriateness of introducing blockchain technology into food safety management systems was evaluated by conducting a survey of experts on the effectiveness and constraint evaluation indicators, and a portfolio analysis was conducted to set the priorities of blockchain application. The food safety management activities considered in this study were issuing documents on food import/export, food hygiene rating scheme, civil complaint management in the food sector, food- related certification, risk information management, and food traceability systems. The sectors that can be expected to be effective in the introduction of blockchain technology were food- related certification, food hygiene rating scheme, risk information management, and issuing documents on food import/export. In the case of food traceability systems and civil complaint management, the introduction of blockchain technology was not recommended due to ineffectiveness. From the evaluation of the constraints (e.g., technical limits, cost, legal amendment, personal information disclosure, timeliness, and ease of connection) to be overcome when introducing blockchain into food safety management, it was found that there are more than average constraints in all six areas. In particular, the food traceability system was evaluated to have the most constraints. Issuing documents on food import/export is very effective with the introduction of blockchain technology, but due to high cost and legal restrictions, it is necessary to improve the institutional system in order to introduce blockchain. Among the evaluation sectors, food- related certification, food hygiene rating scheme, and risk information management on foods were suitable for preferentially adopting blockchain technology since these areas might experience greatly improved reliability and transparency through the introduction of blockchain, with relatively low constraints.
Keywords
Food safety management system; Blockchain; Feasibility evaluation; Indicators;
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