Czech J. Food Sci., X:X | DOI: 10.17221/130/2025-CJFS

Modern advanced food safety and smart traceability systemsReview

Aslıhan Tüğen ORCID...1, Louiza Belkacemi ORCID...2
1 Department of Food Engineering, Afyon Kocatepe University Institute of Sciences, Afyonkarahisar, Türkiye
2 Laboratory of Agricultural, Agri-food Production Techniques and Sustainable Development, Higher School of Agronomy of Mostaganem, Mostaganem, Algeria

This systematic review article aimed to examine the effects of digitalisation in the field of food safety and traceability on applications and the challenges encountered in the context of the food industry. The decentralised structure of blockchain technology prevents forgery in records. It has been determined that tools such as IoT sensors and Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) facilitate quality control and logistic processes, ensure consumer trust, savings and cost reduction in logistics and supply. High investment and energy costs make it difficult to use these technologies. The incompatibility of regulatory policies and standards in different countries is a factor that makes difficult to create a global food traceability ecosystem. Despite all these challenges, blockchain and IoT technologies are expected to contribute more to food safety and traceability applications in the future.

Keywords: food fraud; food law; digitalisation; blockchain; Internet of Things; RFID; digital food monitoring

Received: August 6, 2025; Revised: June 24, 2026; Accepted: July 1, 2026; Prepublished online: August 7, 2026 

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