Like Walmart before it, grocer Albertsons is putting its lettuce on the blockchain by joining IBM’s Food Trust network and piloting the technology to trace romaine lettuce from a single distribution center.
In a release, IBM said this will help the retailer “overcome the obstacles that have existed when a traceback is initiated for a product like romaine.”
IBM’s Food Trust creates a digital record of transactions or interactions like packaging date, temperature at which an item was shipped and arrival on a shelf.
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