Walmart China

Building a trustful supply

chain for food safety

Food safety is a top priority issue. On a global scale, over 600 million people fall ill each year after eating contaminated food. To mitigate the risk, Walmart tripled its spending on food safety to $48 million in 2013–2015 in order to enhance transparency on the origin of products.

Through the technical support of PwC and VeChain, Walmart China has built the proprietary food safety traceability platform on the VeChainThor Blockchain, which motivates Walmart China’s vast network of independent suppliers to take part by synchronizing their data with local government traceability platforms, while applying unique packaging to be displayed in Walmart China's nationwide retail locations.