Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com has announced that it will roll out a blockchain platform to track imports of beef products from an overseas meat supplier.
According to an announcement Friday, the e-commerce platform said it has partnered with Australia's InterAgri to import the firm's Angus beef products to Chinese consumers, making the production process traceable on a blockchain.
The system, JD.com says, will record a range of information, including where the livestock was bred and raised, where the meat was processed and how it was transported. While not disclosing an exact deployment timeline, the company said the system will be implemented later this spring.
