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What is Food Trust?

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Food Trust with blockchain

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Module-based approach

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Trace

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Documents

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Food Trust core-blockchain capabilities

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Food Trust Governance Model

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Network and data security

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Onboarding and support

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Building your team

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Why Food Trust?

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What isFood Trust?
Food from across the world isavailable to consumers today,
regardless of the season, location,or environment. However, thegreater options and accessibility
are accompanied by increasing
complexity in the food supply chain.
With growing data and lengthening
ecosystems within the industry, theimportance of trust weighs heavier
than ever before.
From the farmer, processor, retailer,to the consumer, IBM Food Trust™
uses trust to build transparency.
The blockchain solution is working
to ensure that transparency enables
the expanding food system.

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With capabilities to enablesafer food, longer productshelf lives, reduced waste,
faster traceability, and better
access to shared information,
IBM Food Trust empowers you
to meet the new standard fortransparency and trust.
The solution provides authorized users
with immediate access to actionable
food supply chain data–from farm tostore and, ultimately, the consumer.
The complete history and current
location of any food item, along with
its accompanying information (i.e.
certifications, test data, temperaturedata) can be readily available in seconds.

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Food Trust provides your organization witha set of integrated modules to address theincreased complexity and build trust in
the industry.

Supply chain efficiencies

Operate using smarter processes across a shared
food system by identifying process inefficiencies,
leveraging data insights for demand forecasting,scaling with automation, and optimizing yourbusiness for continuous growth.

Brand story

Empower consumers, retailers, manufacturers,
suppliers, and producers with confidence andtrust in companies that they purchase andconsume their food from.

Food freshness

Gain unprecedented visibility into supply chain
data for valuable insights and analysis, identifying
inefficiencies and ensuring quality of goods sold.

Food safety

Securely trace products in seconds to mitigate
waste, cross-contamination, and spread offoodborne illness.

Food fraud

Enable full transparency by digitizing transaction
records and storing them in a decentralized andimmutable manner, eliminating the opportunity
for fraud across the food system.

Reduce waste

Share and manage data across the food supply
chain, helping to increase efficiency, reduce
product loss, and optimize your ecosystem.

Sustainability

Digitize essential certificates and documents
to optimize information management, certify
provenance, and ensure authenticity.

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Food Trust with blockchain

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Food Trustwith blockchain

IBM Food Trust combines supply chain modules
with blockchain core functions, deliveringbusiness value to the food ecosystem from the
combination of governance, standards andinteroperability, and technology.
The solution provides participants witha permission-based, shared view of foodecosystem information, allowing convenient
data publishing and controlled sharing
of information. To achieve this goal, theFood Trust solution enables participants toenter and control access to their encrypted
blockchain data.
In doing so, transaction partners can only
access the data they are permissioned
to view. Permissioned data access is an
integral part of the core solution. Access
controls ensure that the organization thatowns the data maintains full control over
who can access it on the network.
Users can quickly locate items from the
supply chain, in real time, by querying foodproduct identifiers such as Global Trade
Item Number (GTIN) or Universal ProductCode (UPC), using the product name, andfiltering on dates.

All data is stored on blockchain
ledgers, protected with the highest
level of commercially-available,
tamper-resistant encryption.

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Module-based
approach

IBM Food Trust’s integrated set ofmodules addresses various pain
points and needs in the food industry.
Trace

Provide the provenance of your product throughimmediate access to end-to-end data. The Trace
module also shows real-time location and status,
and allows expedited product recalls.

Trace

Documents

Upload, manage, edit, and share any type of
document along your supply chain. The Documents
module helps optimize efficiency for information
management, certify provenance, and ensureauthenticity.

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Module-based approachTrace

How do I guarantee the provenance of my food products?
Can I manage the upstream and downstream journey of my items?
What is the source of the contamination?
This module enables participant organizations
to quickly and accurately determine the paththat a given shipment has taken.
In a transparent and secure network, you can gain
visibility upstream or downstream, view location
or status, and verify credibility or safety. The Trace
module enables effective management and foodsafety across your entire food system.
Speed and accuracy are also key to compliance with
global regulations aimed at food safety and fraud,
such as the US 2011 Food Safety Modernization Act.

Trace benefits• Verify provenance and credibility in seconds• Ability to quickly identify food origin and react
immediately in the event of a contamination• Ability to prove your product is safe during afoodborne outbreak• Reduce product waste• Increased customer satisfaction and trust

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To use the Food Trust solution to trace foodproducts, data on food products needs to be
uploaded to the network by participants.
Once data is uploaded, the trace module allows
an authorized user to search the provenance of afood product (via GTIN, product name, or Purchase
Order) and can narrow down by a specific date.
Authorized participants can then determine thescope of the problem, block further contamination,and narrow the scope and impact of a recall.

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Documents

Is there one place for my certificates and documents?
Can my partners and I safely share documents along the supply chain?
With the Documents module, any type of
supply chain associated document canbe uploaded and shared simply.
Certificates and related documents can help
verify that a facility is properly inspected,that livestock have been treated according
to law, that a supplier is legally able to dobusiness, and that a farm is certified asconforming to industry standards.
These documents, however, can beissued by agencies or organizations withdiffering and overlapping authority, withdifferent jurisdictions, and with widely
varying time windows of validity. Verifyingthat certificates are complete, valid, andcurrent is complicated by their abundance,complexity, and variety.
To simplify this task, Food Trust offersa holistic approach with the Documents
module to help store, track, and share all
documents.

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Users are able to upload and manage the organization’s facility
certificates, as well as other business-enabling documents, suchas authorizations, licenses, inspection results, and more. Choose
from a template of fields, customize the type of document, andtag by product identifiers for easy search and viewing. Conflictingor outdated certificates can be easily flagged for review. This
serves both suppliers, who are looking to share documents toprove compliance, and retailers, who want to know the compliancestatus of their suppliers.

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Data entry

Each member
organization owns its
data on the blockchain
network and maintains
full control over who canaccess different data
elements. All data is
made accessible only
as data owners grant
permission to share
relevant records.
Solution software adapters canprovide automated data importfrom existing data stores (suchas SAP) to leverage existing
business records, including
inventory lists, order records,
and supplier information.
For network administrators alreadymanaging complex information
environments, the IBM Food Trust
Connector API is designed toautomate the integration of legacy
system data and network data.

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Data connector application
programming interfaces (APIs)
allow enterprise IT teams toefficiently upload supply chain
data from existing data stores
to their IBM Food Trust network
for seamless integration ofdata from enterprise systems
to an IBM Food Trust solution
network. Smaller organizations
can onboard data through aneasy-to-use web experience.
SOE users automaticallyupload transaction data to thesolution network, based on theorganization’s data specifications.

Once an enterprise has
joined and onboarded, its users
and SOE accounts can interact
with the network in several ways:• Employ user-friendly interfaces
for desktop or mobile use.
• Use the Documents module to
upload regulation and inspection
documents for sharing withfood supply chain partners.
• Use the customized interface toview and manage data that has
been shared by business partners.
Note: GS1 registration is not required to use IBM
Food Trust. However, for companies who haveregistered with GS1, IBM Food Trust supports
continued use of existing enterprise IDs.

Enterprises use the IBM Food Trust solution to upload orprogrammatically send four key data elements:

1 Supply chain events

3 Master data

2 Transactions

4 Certificate data

Visit the Developer Zone to learn about the data upload process
and more: https://github.com/IBM/IFT-Developer-Zone/wiki
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Core-blockchain capabilities

Our blockchain solution establishes a trusted and permissioned
environment for food transactions, where all participants cancollaborate in a secure and purposeful way.
Essential components ofan open blockchain cloudbased solution include:
APIs• IBM Food Trust is developing a rich set ofAPIs to deepen the ecosystem and growits value for our members and partners.
• APIs serve as the programmatic
version of the UI-based Food Trust
modules, so trusted data can be used
in a self-developed environment.
• APIs can also be used for3rd party integration, such as
inventory tracking, consumer
apps, supply chain management
apps, temperature monitoring, andindustry group applications.

Trust Anchors• Trust Anchors are participants of theFood Trust network, such as retailers
and food suppliers, that are collectively
responsible for maintaining integrityof the shared ledger and assisting on
meeting security, as well as privacy
and permission guarantees.

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Smart contracts• Any IBM Food Trust participant can installa peer and instantiate a smart contract ina private channel between two or more
specific network members, in order toautomate Supply Chain Decision making.
• Smart contracts use pre-definedbusiness rules / pre-agreed termswith transaction partners and reduce
extraneous dispute resolutions needed
based on trusted and immutable data.
• Every party involved in running the smart
contract has to have their own peer.
Smart contracts run in a private channel
where only the parties interested inmaintaining the contract have access,as data in that channel is unencrypted.

Remote deployment• As part of Trust Anchor Channel
or Private Channel, members
can deploy their peer remotely in
preferred cloud or on-premises
environment, using IBM Blockchain
Platform for IBM Cloud Private.

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The Governance Model
includes fundamental policies
that enable a collaborative
ecosystem and ensures all
participants are held to thehighest standards, while
receiving value.

A secure ecosystem anda trusted community

Every participant is vetted toconfirm their identity and ensurethat all operate on the ecosystem’s
principles. This means that yourexperience with fellow community
members is as trustworthy as yourexperience with the network itself.

Interoperability...
and beyond

Because it is built on the openstandard, open-governance Linux
Hyperledger Fabric, IBM Food
Trust can connect to the systems
and programs you have today,and can scale with you to connect
to new blockchain and nonblockchain networks in the future.

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The Advisory Council, comprised of a range of industry
representatives, helps set the rules of engagement and leads
accountability in adhering to the governance agreement forthe blockchain community, ensuring that the solution benefits
all. The council formally reviews and ensures the policies meetthe needs and values of the global Food Trust community
across various segments, sizes, geographies, and more.
As a participating member, IBM does not own any data
uploaded by users onto the network and cannot use
or share data for commercial or other purposes.

Data that you upload,own, and control

You’re in full control of the data
you share on IBM Food Trust.
And, as the owner of the data, youdetermine what you share, when
you share it, and who gets to see it.

Guard against collusion

The trust model of the solution
describes the set of guarantees
that reinforces the security,
privacy, and integrity in a networkof widely diverse participants.
Our model promotes collective
responsibility, while guarding
against collusion, maintaining
the integrity of the network.

Guiding the future of
the food ecosystem

Everyone has their unique businessneeds. The Food Trust Advisory
Council ensures that all of theseneeds are met—and that the solution
continually evolves to provide
participants with value well into
the future. The end goal: to reduce
friction points by creating a trusted
and transparent food system.

The Food Trust Governance
Model is continually re-evaluatedand updated based on expansionof the solution, member needs,
technology innovation, andregulatory changes.

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Network anddata security“How is security handled?”“How is data handled?”

As with any distributed network that
relies on encryption and controlled
access for vital record-keeping, there
will be questions.
Those answers will make thedifference between a system worth
implementing and one that presents a
danger to the enterprise.
IBM Food Trust provides the highest
level of commercially-available,
tamper-resistant protection for foodtransaction data, employing thesecurity benefits of the underlying
IBM Blockchain Platform andHyperledger Fabric.
Hyperledger Fabric requires no proofof-work or other processor-intensive
computations to guarantee thelegitimacy and permanence of networktransactions, and features a thoroughly
permissioned network. The owner ofthe data controls who can see it on aHyperledger Fabric network.

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From a network and data security point of view, your IT
personnel can take the following steps to understandand prepare your environment:• Identify relevant supply-chain processes.
• Identify users, including automated users of
the solution.
• Estimate and assign technical resources.
• Access the security needs of each user, including
external stakeholders, and initiate security
clearances and other security processes.

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Onboarding
and support

Onboarding onto IBM Food Trust requires uploading data about yourproduct lifecycle, from harvesting, to manufacturing, to transportation
by item, location, and purchase order.
To get started on the solution, there is no need to know blockchain. We work withdata you are already using and with standards that you already know. It starts withyou and your data.

Which onboarding and support options
are available?
• Self-Guided Onboarding
Onboard independently using self-service
education and community forum.
• Virtually-Guided Onboarding
Interact with experts in pre-defined education
modules and for additional questions.
• Assisted Onboarding
Receive a dedicated expert to guide you
through the full onboarding experience.
• Standard Support
Access the digital support portal withenhanced transparency into ticket resolution,and receive assistance by preferred
method: chat, email, forum, or phone.

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Which data can be added into IBM Food Trust?
• Master data describe organization facility locations
and trade items, and are expected to be largely static.
• Business transactions include purchase orders,advance shipping notices, and receipt confirmations.
• EPCIS events correspond to the GS1 EPCIS
standard that describe real world events
happening across your supply chain.
• Certificate data describe facility certificates, suchas audit dates and scores, and expiration dates.
• Payload data include additional food related data (i.e.
temperature, humidity) that can be linked to EPCIS
events data to enrich insights into the supply chain.

What are the ways to integrate my data?
• Automation• Excel upload• XML upload• Direct data entry

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Building
your team

Joining the Food Trust ecosystem begins
with signing up online and purchasing
the most appropriate plans for yourorganization. Enrollment in a solution
network includes the creation of accounts
for both human users and systems ofengagement (SOE) users.

Once you have access to thesolution, you will onboard yourorganization by building andauthorizing a team to register andintegrate pertinent informationof data.
The IBM Food Trust solution
assigns predefined roles that grantusers authorization to executespecific network tasks on behalf of
their organization.
Assigning roles enables accountadministrators to easily control thelevel of access provided to eachindividual user in their organization.
When onboarding new users to thesolution, an account administrator
must assign a role to each user.

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Onboarding to the Food
Trust ecosystem:

Team roles include:• Prepare your supply chain
expert(s) and data expert(s)User can manage organizationaccount settings and subscriptions.

• Identifying your facilities
and products• Defining your product scenarios• Uploading data andsetting up permissions

Account owner

Account administrator

User can add, delete, and modify
users and can modify organization
settings.

Onboarding team member
User(s) can create productscenarios and upload data.

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Blockchain solutions require more than the technology for
adoption and impact within companies and throughout industries.
IBM Food Trust is not only built on a secure and reliable platform,
but also recognizes the critical factors for collaboration and actionof all in the food system.
The 5 Pillars of IBM Food Trust explores
the fundamental facets equally important inachieving an effective blockchain solution:

Business value

Companies participating in the ecosystem areable to do so in a way that aligns to their businessvalues. Every party has a role to play in the foodsystem; consequently, each participant receives aunique benefit to their organization.

Ecosystem

Food companies are the main actors
spearheading change in their industry. Committed
and innovative brands are providing the insights
to make an impact and driving the momentum tousher in a new era of trust and transparency.

Governance Model

Those adopting the technology should be defining
how it works for them and be comfortable using
the solution. The Governance Model guides theuse of the solution by the players, including data
ownership, access, and permissions.

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Standards & interoperability

Companies are investing in technology thatallows users to leverage and learn from othertechnologies. Food Trust is committed to global
standards and interoperability with othercompanies and vendors to promote adoption in
the long term.

Technology

Organizations rely on our technology to provide
consistent, reliable, and secure access to dataand insights. Additionally, all the pillars are
shaping how we move forward in building
the technology.
The 5 Pillars are what created the only
enterprise-class blockchain solution for the foodsystem today.

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