Design of blockchain-based halal traceability system applications for halal chicken meat-based food supply chain

• Published in: International journal of information technology (Singapore. Online) Vol. 16; no. 3; pp. 1449 - 1473
• Main Authors: Susanty, Aries, Puspitasari, Nia Budi, Rosyada, Zainal Fanani, Pratama, Muhamad Aria, Kurniawan, Edi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore Springer Nature Singapore 01.03.2024
• Subjects: Artificial Intelligence; Computer Imaging; Computer Science; Image Processing and Computer Vision; Machine Learning; Original Research; Pattern Recognition and Graphics; Software Engineering; Vision; Website; Chicken meat-based food supply chain; Halal traceability; Blockchain
• ISSN: 2511-2104; 2511-2112
• DOI: 10.1007/s41870-023-01650-8

This research aims to design the traceability system based on blockchain technology that can track information on the implementation of halal assurance at every stage of the chicken meat-based food production chain, from farmers, slaughterhouses, and distributors, to the food processing industry. This research is a descriptive study in the form of a literature study and a case study on developing a web-halal traceability system, using a sample of the research objects on Semarang's chicken meat-based halal food supply chain. In this research, the stages of designing a web-halal traceability system use the software development life cycle (SDLC) programming method using the Hypertext Preprocessor (PHP) language based on blockchain concepts. The blockchain concepts applied include distributed shared ledgers, smart contracts, permissions, and consensus. The application is presented as a website that can record product transfer information, halal product assurances, and halal certificates between actors in the halal chicken meat-based food supply chain from beginning to end and can be accessed by consumers directly and transparently through scanning product Quick Response (QR) codes. The applications' limitations are currently still manual in implementing the consensus process, not integrated with a map of where the actors in the supply chain were located, not providing a physical appearance or image of the product, and not include the actors whose position was before chicken farmers, such as animal feed producers and their suppliers. Future researchers may include a secure automated validation method, a geographical map of each actor, a product image, and a mapping of the chicken meat-based product supply chain in a broader scope. This research provided a basis for providing policymakers with a concept for enhancing halal integrity and solving the issue of halal assurance in food production. This research also provided for helping the consumer in tracing the halalness of the chicken meat-based product. Understanding the halalness status of the product by the customer could facilitate a more effective driving for enterprises to get the halal certification process. This research contributed to using a blockchain concept to build the web-based traceability system for a halal product with a new object in an empirical case of Chicken Meat-Based Food Supply Chain.