Blockchain integration for transparency in EU perishable food supply chains
Alam, Mohammad Jane (2025)
2025
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2025121536560
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2025121536560
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This thesis examines the contribution of blockchain integration to increasing perishable food supply chain transparency within the European Union. Perishable foods, like meat and milk products, demand efficient and quick traceability due to their perishable nature and susceptibility to adulteration and counterfeit. Traditional mechanisms use fragmented data and physical record keeping, leading to inefficiency during recalling scenarios and customer distrust. Blockchain technology integration, with characteristics of a decentralized, permanent, and transparent bookkeeping system, has the promise of strengthening data integrity, accelerating traceability, and maintaining regulatory compliance.
The research applies a qualitative case study method and has an orientation towards two Finnish business enterprises, Atria and Arla Finland that are respectively involved with the meat and milk sectors. Sources of data are largely research scholarship articles; company reports as well as European Union policy. Analytical techniques employ thematic techniques as a form of creating patterns pertaining to the benefits, limitations, and opportunities of widescale usage of blockchain technology.
The results are likely to show that blockchain adoption reinforces transparency through end to end tracing, improved consumer confidence, and aid to compliance with EU policies like the Farm to Fork Strategy. Despite this, issues of cost of implementation, interoperability, and SME engagement continue to hinder a lot. The thesis adds both theoretical contributions and practical contributions through providing insights into blockchain as a change driver of transparency practices of perishable food supply chains in the European Union.
The research applies a qualitative case study method and has an orientation towards two Finnish business enterprises, Atria and Arla Finland that are respectively involved with the meat and milk sectors. Sources of data are largely research scholarship articles; company reports as well as European Union policy. Analytical techniques employ thematic techniques as a form of creating patterns pertaining to the benefits, limitations, and opportunities of widescale usage of blockchain technology.
The results are likely to show that blockchain adoption reinforces transparency through end to end tracing, improved consumer confidence, and aid to compliance with EU policies like the Farm to Fork Strategy. Despite this, issues of cost of implementation, interoperability, and SME engagement continue to hinder a lot. The thesis adds both theoretical contributions and practical contributions through providing insights into blockchain as a change driver of transparency practices of perishable food supply chains in the European Union.