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Parmigiano-Reggiano makers are putting edible microchips the size of a grain of sand into their 90-pound cheese wheels to combat counterfeiters (www.businessinsider.com)

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Parmigiano-Reggiano makers are putting edible microchips the size of a grain of sand into their 90-pound cheese wheels to combat counterfeiters::Italian Parmigiano-Reggiano makers are using microchips to verify the authenticity of their products and thwart scammers.

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[-] spittingimage@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

TIL there's a global market in fake cheese. Which is to say, real cheese that someone slapped a fancier label on.

I'm sure all the steps we took to reach this point were logical ones, but we still find ourselves in a very strange place.

[-] TheYear2525@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Just wait until you hear about olive oil.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/ceciliarodriguez/2016/02/10/the-olive-oil-scam-if-80-is-fake-why-do-you-keep-buying-it/?sh=282def4f639d

[-] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Legally it's only cheese if it comes from the "Formaggi" region in Italy. Otherwise it has to be called "bad milk product".

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