With food emerging out as a heavily traded commodity internationally, the majority of the nations around the world have become melting pots of civilization, leading to the increasing interconnectedness of the global food system and complexity of the supply chains. With the long-winded food supply chains there exists information asymmetry between the consumers and the food they consume. This puts consumers at a significant disadvantage with respect to assessing the quality and safety of imported food.

Concomitantly with the expansion of world food trade, the world population has become more vulnerable to the outbreak of diseases caused by tainted food and the risk of exposure…