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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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[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 31 points 1 year ago

Hold up...

There is counterfeit cheese?

[-] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 37 points 1 year ago

It's not Parmigiana-Reggiano if it doesn't come from the Parmigiana-Reggiano region of France. Everything else is just sparkling cheese.

[-] kilgore_trout@feddit.it 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's Italian. Parma and Reggio are two Italian cities.

[-] whitewall@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 year ago

Woosh

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