A domestic digital technology that lets users see seafood movement routes worldwide at a glance under international standards has been certified by an international organization.
A research team led by Kim Dae-young, a professor in the KAIST School of Computing, said on the 19th that its international-standard-based digital transformation solution OlioPass (OLIOPASS) passed performance verification by the Global Dialogue on Seafood Traceability (GDST) and earned Korea's first certification as a GDST-compatible solution.
OlioPass, which was certified on the 5th on the previous month, is a digital traceability platform that combines KAIST's Internet of Things (IoT) technology with international standards. It is designed to record and share, in a standardized way, the information generated during the movement of products and assets from the place of production through processing and distribution to final sale. In particular, it uses a Blockchain-based architecture to fundamentally reduce the possibility of data forgery or tampering.
GDST, the certifying body, is an international consortium established in 2015 at the suggestion of the World Economic Forum (WEF). It works to spread a system that digitally records and shares information across seafood supply chains in line with GS1 international standards agreed upon worldwide. GDST sets, to international standards, the key data elements (KDEs) that must be left in the seafood movement process and the critical tracking events (CTEs) that define when, where and what moved, operating a global standard framework that enhances the reliability of traceability information.
Only 13 technologies have received this certification worldwide, and only seven solutions, including KAIST's, are known to support end-to-end traceability that manages every stage from production, processing and distribution to sales without omission.
The research team noted that, with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) set to mandate food traceability starting in Jul. 2028, the certification is significant because it means domestic corporations have secured a technical solution needed to meet regulatory requirements in overseas markets, including the United States.
Kim Dae-young said, "This certification recognizes, at an international level, our data technology capabilities that can be trusted across global supply chains," adding, "We will expand OlioPass beyond the seafood and food sectors to pharmaceuticals, logistics, defense, and Smart City applications, and grow it into a platform used worldwide."