The world’s largest fruit and vegetable producer, Dole, has announced to expand its blockchain usage across all divisions by 2025. The food company has been a blockchain advocate since it joined IBM’s Food trust program in 2017.

According to the company’s Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability Report which was recently released, it has planned to expand its blockchain initiative much further in the years to come. The company said it is going to implement blockchain product tagging technology and/or advanced traceability solution in all its divisions by 2025.

Dole already tracks some of its food produce on the blockchain, and it claims this has drastically reduced the amount of time needed to discover which farm a fruit or vegetable came from. According the report, produce that has been logged through blockchain can be instantly tracked back through the supply chain. It claims this will give retailers and consumers confidence in the event of a recall, for example, when they want to discover the source of a contaminated food.

Currently, information about products from Dole are only available to retail partners with built-in protections to prevent companies from viewing proprietary information about others. However, the company now plans to enable its consumers to also have access to this information. It also plans to add even more produce to its blockchain tracking program in the near future.

There are several food companies that use the blockchain in tracking their produce. As of October 2019, there were over 170 companies in the IBM Food Trust. Food producing giant, Nestle which is also an IBM Foot Trust member announcedon April 6 that it would expand its use of blockchain to print QR codes on the packaging for its premium coffee brand, Zoegas.