Blockchain applications stand to offer the feed supply chain substantial benefits and efficiencies in the goal to improve feed safety and animal health. However, to date, there has been limited application of the technology in the feed industry, notes Dr Jennifer van de Ligt, associate professor, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota. “Due to food safety events, and the difficulty in traceability back to the point or origin, there is more pressure on food chains to embrace, not necessarily blockchain, but digitally traceable supply chains that are more than the 'one step forward, one step back' approach currently required under the preventive control rules here n the US. Indeed, the US FDA has proposed an