The Valencian IT solutions company Lãberit and the Port of Celeiro are implementing the IBM Food Trust platform, powered by blockchain, to improve traceability in the hake production chain.
The fishing port located in the municipality of Viveiro, in Galicia (Spain), is using blockchain technology to guarantee traceability and greater efficiency in the exploitation of hake, one of the main productive activities in the area.
The Port of Celeiro is implementing blockchain as an innovative system so that people can reliably know the entire process that hake goes through from its capture to the table. As highlighted by the local newspaper La Voz de Galicia, blockchain technology works as a traceability tool which allows us to offer transparent, truthful and reliable information to consumers.
IBM Food Trust
To track the entire process of hake production and ensure the freshness and quality of its product, the Port of Celeiro is implementing the IBM Food Trust solution, developed by IBM. Through this blockchain solution, the technology company seeks to guarantee producers, processors, wholesalers, distributors, manufacturers and retailers greater efficiency in the supply chain, as it allows its users to access immutable records on the origin of food, transaction data and processing details, the company explained.
Through IBM Food Trust, Consumers can access all information regarding the product.
Currently, the Port of Celeiro is using IBM’s blockchain platform to record 10% of its hake production. In the future, the producers participating in the project hope to use the IBM Foof Trust platform on a larger scale, as well as connecting the production of other fish species, such as bonito and mackerel, with blockchain technology.
The aim of this initiative, in addition to guaranteeing the origin and quality of Celeiro hake, is to optimise resources, prevent food fraud and demonstrate to end consumers that the capture of this species is carried out in a respectful and sustainable manner.
Hake represents around 90% of the fishing production of the Port of Celeiro and around 30% of the production in Spain.
Blockchain technology in food traceability
Traceability has become increasingly important in the food supply chain. The number of people who want to know the origin of the products they consume, through their transformation, processing, production, distribution and marketing, is growing every day. Thus, with traceability as a decisive element among consumers, more companies are motivated to look for new solutions to meet this demand.
In this sense, blockchain technology is playing a key role in ensuring traceability.
The blockchain can keep a detailed record of information regarding the production of a food, storing in an immutable, secure and transparent way different data such as the origin of the product, its quality, provenance, composition, expiration date, among others.
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