According to a press release published last Friday, "North
America's largest branded shelf-stable seafood
company" announced that it is using the cloud-based Blockchain
as a Service (BaaS) platform of a major international software
company "to trace the journey of yellowfin tuna from the
Indonesian ocean to the dinner table." According to the press
release, "consumers and customers will be able to easily
access the complete origin and history of ... yellowfin tuna simply
by using their smartphones to scan a QR code on the product
package."
Last week in Singapore, the government announced TradeTrust, a
blockchain pilot project for port authorities that will seek to
"turn paper-based bills of lading into digital documents that
can be shared and accessed when container ships dock and unload in
Singapore and consequently cut costs and the risk of fraud..."
This week, the European Union Blockchain Observatory and Forum
issued a report focusing on blockchain
