A Novel Visual Analysis Method of Food Safety Risk Traceability Based on Blockchain

Current food traceability systems have a number of problems, such as data being easily tampered with and a lack of effective methods to intuitively analyze the causes of risks. Therefore, a novel method has been proposed that combines blockchain technology with visualization technology, which uses H...

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Published in:International journal of environmental research and public health 2020-03, Vol.17 (7), p.2300
Main Authors: Hao, Zhihao, Mao, Dianhui, Zhang, Bob, Zuo, Min, Zhao, Zhihua
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Blockchain
Cooperation
Data storage
Data structures
Datasets
Efficiency
Failure rates
Food
Food production
Food quality
Food safety
Food supply
Graph theory
Information storage
Internet of Things
Product recalls
Radio frequency identification
Risk analysis
Risk assessment
Safety
Sampling
Supervision
Supply chains
Technology
Visualization
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Summary:Current food traceability systems have a number of problems, such as data being easily tampered with and a lack of effective methods to intuitively analyze the causes of risks. Therefore, a novel method has been proposed that combines blockchain technology with visualization technology, which uses Hyperledger to build an information storage platform. Features such as distribution and tamper-resistance can guarantee the authenticity and validity of data. A data structure model is designed to implement the data storage of the blockchain. The food safety risks of unqualified detection data can be quantitatively analyzed, and a food safety risk assessment model is established according to failure rate and qualification deviation. Risk analysis used visual techniques, such as heat maps, to show the areas where unqualified products appeared, with a migration map and a force-directed graph used to trace these products. Moreover, the food sampling data were used as the experimental data set to test the validity of the method. Instead of difficult-to-understand and highly specialized food data sets, such as elements in food, food sampling data for the entire year of 2016 was used to analyze the risks of food incidents. A case study using aquatic products as an example was explored, where the results showed the risks intuitively. Furthermore, by analyzing the reasons and traceability processes effectively, it can be proven that the proposed method provides a basis to formulate a regulatory strategy for regions with risks.
ISSN:1660-4601
1661-7827
1660-4601
DOI:10.3390/ijerph17072300