Nestlé France Food Product Tracking
April 22 2019 - 12:54PM
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April 22, 2019 -- ADVFN Crypto NewsWire -- French citizens now
have the opportunity to experience what the future of food products
could be. In 2017 Nestlé joined IBM’s Food Trust network which was
created to help promote the potential for new technologies to
revolutionize the food chain. Blockchain technology is often touted
for benefits to general supply chain networks, but regarding the
food chain, these improvements could prove to save lives and
improve the sustainability of our planet by reducing food
waste.
By integrating physical technology
such as RFID tags with blockchain networks, customers now have a
glimpse of a new level of transparency for industrial food system.
Specifically, the product being tested is for Mousline purée in
partnership with Carrefour. This will be the first time that Nestlé
is sharing information on its products with consumers publicly via
their new blockchain developments. Consumers use their mobile phone
or any device with a QR code to scan the Mousline
packaging.
From Field to Store
Shelf
Currently the data available is
tracking the journey of the product from the Nestlé factory in the
north of France to Carrefour stores. Customers can see the
production date, quality control parameters, storage times and the
location of warehouses.
“This Mousline pilot is the result
of a successful partnership with Carrefour and a great step forward
on our blockchain journey. We are using this technology to bring
more transparency to our products by providing accurate, trusted
and impartial information. That will benefit the whole value chain,
including retailers and consumers.” - Vineet Khanna, SVP - Global
Head Supply Chain at Nestlé.
Perhaps most importantly, consumers
can also find view information on the farmers who supply the
potatoes for Mousline and how the puree is made. In the future, the
ideal situation here will be specific land where the raw materials
were sourced from. And potentially, fresh produce will be able to
include this information as well. This will greatly increase
efficiency in grocery stores, where the expiration dates of
products will be integrated into the sales systems.
This way, employees can easily view
how many products are nearing expiration or past the date. And in
more extreme cases of infected products. It will be extremely
simple to check if a store has the specific batches in stock and
how many. This data could even track which customers purchased the
problematic products.
By: BGN Editorial Staff
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