Food Safety Matters

Sandro Tarchini serves as Global Head of Business Development at Cardano Foundation. He has more than a decade of experience in digital financial services, fintech innovation, and strategic partnerships across blockchain and traditional finance sectors. Prior to joining the Foundation, he worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers, Saxo Bank, and most recently, Wyden. Sandro's latest work at the Foundation includes collaboration with Grant Thornton Switzerland to execute the first financial audit attestation on a blockchain. In this episode of Food Safety Matters, we speak with Sandro [38:28] about: What blockchain is, and how it can be applied to the food supply chain to improve traceability and transparency How blockchain's "immutable transparency" could help solve problems like food fraud and increase trust in food systems Hurdles to industry adoption of blockchain technology for traceability The Cardano Foundation's work with the Georgian National Wine Agency to establish the Georgian Wine Traceability Program, wh