Australia Post Joins Alibaba to Use Blockchain in Counterfeit Food Crackdown in China

Australia Post Joins Alibaba to Use Blockchain in Counterfeit Food Crackdown in China

"The joint endeavor will look to develop a blockchain platform to improve the traceability of food products, with Australia Post being a major exporter of food to China" reports cryptocoinsnews.com. Australia Post has announced partnerships with Alibaba, the world’s largest e-commerce company and Blackmores, a prominent Australian natural health company to explore blockchain technology to curb the rise of counterfeit food sold in China.In September 2016, Barclays and Wave, an Israeli Fintech startup laid claims to the world’s first global trade supply chain transaction powered by blockchain technology.The blockchain initiative will ‘help guarantee’ genuine food products to arrive in China, according to Bob Black, executive general manager for parcels at AusPost.

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