John Adent on blockchain
From Neogen CEO on deal with 3M's food-safety unit and blockchain innovation · · CNBC Television
“Our blockchain customers on beef, for example, when you go to the store and buy one of our customer steaks and you take it home, if you send me a sample, I'm going to be able to tell you where that animal lived, what that animal ate, all the inputs into that animal, every single stop along the way till it got to your dinner plate.”
On , John Adent, President, Chief Executive Officer & Director at NEOGEN CORP, spoke about blockchain during Neogen CEO on deal with 3M's food-safety unit and blockchain innovation on CNBC Television.
About John Adent
John Adent, President and CEO of Neogen, discussed the company's acquisition of 3M's food safety business in a September 2022 interview on CNBC's "Mad Money." He stated that the business was one Neogen had "admired for a long time" and described it as "a great complementary fit." Adent said the deal "doubles the size of our business" and would allow Neogen to reach more customers while driving the industry forward through data analytics and blockchain solutions. He explained that blockchain technology enables traceability, giving an example of being able to tell a customer where an animal lived and what it ate from a sample of beef. In a December 2020 earnings call for the first quarter of fiscal year 2021, Adent reported increased revenues and net income despite the COVID-19 pandemic. He noted that Neogen made sanitizers and disinfectants available outside traditional markets to assist civic efforts against COVID-19. Adent also highlighted the launch of the Solaris next-generation test system, doubled revenues in China, and growth in rodenticide sales in the Pacific Northwest and metropolitan markets. He stated that Neogen was investing in R&D and pursuing acquisitions to stay competitive.