most times, I wonder how these food produce are been made to last for a very long period of time. As at early 19th century, perishable food items could not be preserved for a lengthy period of time. now, we can see new ideas and innovation coming up. These food items can now be stored for longer period of time using preservatives or consumable chemicals tested and approved by the government for food preservations.
but how sure are we that these chemicals don't have negative effects on our body. we have heard about deaths in some countries caused by food consumption and this is really awful, leaving fear in the minds of other consumers.
In the United States, only 24%of it's citizens have confidence in the USA food supply. my question now is what happened to the remaining 76%of it's citizens. why are they not consuming these food produce?
In order to resolves these challenges, new innovative company like the
UNISOT, has been set to address this problems using Blockchain technology to increase transparency and enable consumers track food products from the point of production, to the point of sale.
The question here is, will this new Blockchain technology be able to solve this problem?
will it return the trust of the remaining 76% of the USA citizens who lost interest in consuming their own country's produce.
would this Blockchain prevent infected food from reaching the mouths of unwitting humans in the future?
what do you think about food preservation is it fine by you, knowing fully well that these preservatives can be dangerous to health?
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How blockchain technology can help solve the $40B food fraud problemPreservatives have ALWAYS been used in one form or another. This did not apply only to products from the “picked - ate, killed - ate” series. Even in ancient times, people salted, smoked, dried food... Stocking up on food is one of the most ancient processes. But they all balance between the safety of the stored PRODUCT and the safety of the preservative itself.
For example, take salt and meat! A good preservative, it even kills some pathogenic organisms, which allows you to prepare meat/fish for long-term storage. The nutritional value of meat/fish is preserved. But... it's salt. the benefit of which in large quantities is negative.
Let's take the second option - drying meat. Often, using the same salt, excess moisture is removed from meat, and then the natural drying process occurs. And here is a nuance - if ideal conditions are not created, insect larvae (not the most beneficial) will be deposited in the meat, or mold will appear, and it will not be beneficial at all.
Now the situation has changed, there are stronger and more selective substances and technologies (for example, heat treatment and vacuum). Yes, in large doses the chemicals will cause harm, but they are almost 100% safe compared to previous preparation methods. and the most important thing is that the taste of the products is preserved much better.
What can the technology you mentioned solve? In reality, it will not change the processing technology; it will only allow you to confirm that a specially “labeled” batch of goods will be exactly the one that the manufacturer sent to you or to the retail chain. Those. Blockchain can only increase the level of control over the product life cycle. No, for example, you can build IoT devices into containers that, from the manufacturer’s warehouse to the supermarket shelf, will record and record in the blockchain all the characteristics of the environment, temperature, humidity, illumination, integrity of packaging, etc. data. Then this will increase the quality of DELIVERY, but not the quality of the product. Those. the idea is good, but the quality of the product still depends on the manufacturer and the production process.
