IBM Food Trust™

How well do we know our food?

August 2018
‘Farm to fork’ video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EY0Ld8Hp8Y

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2006 E. Coli Outbreak in Spinach
Nationwide Impact Country-wide Recall Impact on the Industry

199 cases reported across 26 states, 31

hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) incidents

3 deaths 6-7 years

to recover…

…due to
1 supplier,
1 lot,
1 day

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 IBM Internal

2018 E. Coli Outbreak in Romaine Lettuce

April 21, 2018 April 24, 2018 April 26, 2018 May 1, 2018 May 3, 2018

First case Likely over

of E. coli 172 reported cases
across 32 states,
including 1 death

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Today food systems still have a number of challenges

Food Safety Sustainability Fraud and Authenticity

Food Waste Consumer Demand

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A trustworthy and transparent food system matters

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The technology solution: Blockchain

Shared,
replicated, Blockchain
for
permissioned Business
ledger

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Remember marking your child’s height over the years?

Public/Private Oftentimes, parents record their child's height on a wall ruler

Continuum while the child stands next to it periodically.
& This growth chart is visible to the entire family, and to those
Permissioning (and only those) the family invites into their home.

Any edits and new data added to the ruler are clearly seen.
Immutability The date-stamps by the growth marks show the order in which
& they happened, capturing the provenance of how things
Provenance happen.

There is a basic set of rules to eliminate cheating.

You have to come to a consensus on whether wearing shoes,
Consensus just socks, or bare feet are allowed during the measurement.
The measurement is recorded only when all parties agree.

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Inefficiencies in business-to-business processes created
by lack of trust and transparency can now be eliminated
The Problem… The Solution…
Inefficient, expensive, vulnerable A shared, replicated, permissioned ledger…

…with consensus, provenance, immutability and finality.

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 Draft
IBM Food Trust leverages blockchain to address the
key challenges facing the food industry today

1 out of 10 80% 1/3 Only 1 in 4

people get sick each year, and 420,000 of CPGs say their business is partially of global fresh fruits and vegetables are consumers trust today’s food system.
die from foodborne illness or entirely paper-based, resulting in thrown away because their quality has 94% say they’d be more loyal to
inefficiencies and unnecessary costs dropped to unacceptable brands that offers transparency

Modules Trace Certification  Freshness* Consumer* 

IBM Food Trust

Blockchain
Technology

Food Supply Chain

Ecosystem

IBM Food Trust solution provides secure access to end-to-end food supply chain information via specialized modules

Early Adopters
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IBM Food Trust enables a safer, smarter,

and more sustainable food system
IBM Food Trust is creating a trusted and transparent
food supply chain that will enable a safer, smarter,  
and more sustainable food system. 

• Fully in-production capability as of 2018.

• Our network is now one of the largest non-crypto

blockchain networks in the world.

• Over two million digitized food products

have reached retail shelves.

• Early adopters are digitizing hundreds of their

SKUs, representing 1M+ transactions.

• We are bringing together ecosystem partners to build

and expand the network, creating unprecedented
value for clients and transforming the food industry

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Walmart-IBM Mango Pilot

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Walmart-IBM Mango Pilot

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Walmart-IBM
Mango Pilot

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The effectiveness of the IBM Food Trust solution
was demonstrated with a Walmart mango pilot
Pilot Test Case Supply Chain Results
How long does it take to 6 days
trace a package of sliced
18 hours
mangoes back to the farm?
26 minutes
Using the
typical manual, mixed digital
and paper-based method

2.2 seconds
With the
IBM Food Trust
digital solution

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IBM Food Trust provides value to the entire food system
Growers Food Manufacturers/CPGs Wholesalers/ Distributors
 Prove farm is not a  Instill trust between  Conduct targeted
source of outbreak retails, suppliers & recalls
customers
 Ease of  Enable internal
connectivity to the  Automate & reduce
data sharing
supply chain manual certificate
management

Food Logistics Food Retailers Consumers

 Assure  Learn about recalls

 Enhance ability to
customers food and increased
meet compliance
supplied is safe transparency
standards
 Reduce risk of
 Reduce manual  Conduct targeted
being victimized by
processes recalls quickly
food fraud

Certification Bodies Food Service Regulators

 Reduce  Assure  Identify
fraudulent customers food contamination
certificates supplied Is safe quickly
 Increase  Reduce wasted  Reduce unnecessary
renewal speed food testing

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The IBM Food Trust solution is a set of modules built
holistically for the industry
Trace Instant access to end-to-end traceability
data to verify history and real-time location
and status in the supply chain
Certificate Ability to upload, manage, access, edit
Management and share compliance documentation,
test results and audit certificates

IBM Blockchain Platform

Hyperledger Fabric

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We are scaling the IBM Food Trust ecosystem, starting with
early adopters who are helping us refine the solution

Our early adopters have helped ensure the solution:

Adoption by Innovators
Early adoption by key Maximizes Shared Value:
influencers and innovators Value proposition/pricing resonate for all ecosystem participants

Delivers Excellent User Experience:

Value Adoption by Easy to onboard and obtain value for participants at any
Ecosystem technological maturity level

Is Enterprise Ready and Completely Interoperable:

Built for business usage with security, scalability, reliability, etc.

Aligns with Industry Standards:

Leveraging existing standards to facilitate rapid adoption

Participation

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Why IBM Food Trust?
Blockchain The
company technology
IBM is the leader for IBM can build the entire stack
enterprise blockchains of blockchain technologies,
that is open source. enabling a secure, trusted,
comprehensive, end-to-end
IBM Food Trust is one of view of transaction information
the first solutions in- across the entire supply chain
production using while continually increasing
blockchain technology. value with other IBM
technologies.
Ecosystem
reach
IBM Food Trust has the
ecosystem network,
bringing a diverse group of
participants to the table –
some natural partners and
others longtime
competitors – essential to
move the industry forward.
Business
challenge
Our team is very cognizant
of the challenges and
complexities of building
governance. We
understand the data,
privacy, security, and
ownership that goes into
building our solution.
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Vision
for… a safer

more
efficient

sustainable
food system.

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Thank you

ibm.com/food

@IBMBlockchain

IBM Blockchain

IBM Blockchain

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