Neogen-Ripe.io partnership bring blockchain to animal genomics

An official press release dated 5th February 2020 announced that the international food safety organization Neogen Corporation and blockchain solutions provider Ripe Technology (ripe.io) to bring blockchain to animal genomics and food diagnostics. The emerging technology of blockchain has found some potential use cases in the field of food supply chain and safety. Its ability to chain blocks of information together across millions of computers makes it practically impossible for anyone to hack into the system and manipulate the data. This is an important aspect when it comes to ensuring transparency in the supply chain process. And although recent research