Title:
Smartphone, Blockchain Technologies To Open New Frontier In Fight Against Food Fraud
Source:
Horizon Magazine
Published:
ScienceBlog, 24 August 2020
https://scienceblog.com/518079/smartphone-blockchain-technologies-to-open-new-frontier-in-fight-against-food-fraud/
From the blog post:
The stakes are high for producers of expensive foods, which are particularly vulnerable to fraud. These include extra virgin olive oil, saffron, and organic produce.
‘People do not like to be cheated,’ said Michel Nielen, professor of analytical chemistry at Wageningen University & Research, in the Netherlands.