And finally… chips and cheese
Italian cheesemakers have developed a microchip as small as a grain of rice to be used in their battle against cheese counterfeiters. The Parmigiano Reggiano Consortium (PRC) said microtransponders installed in over 120,000 parmesan rinds to date are among “new methods” being deployed to help customers ensure they are...
Parmesan cheese makers in Italy are fighting counterfeits by embedding edible microchips in their products
How do you tell the difference between a block of beloved Italian parmesan and a copycat? Just look for the one with a chip in it. Producers fed up with phony products flooding the market have begun embedding edible microchips into their cheese wheels. It’s a bid to help...
Parmigiano-Reggiano makers are putting edible microchips the size of a grain of sand into their 90-pound cheese wheels to combat counterfeiters
A worker cuts a wheel of Parmigiano Reggiano cheese at the Casearia Castelli, member of Lactalis Group, at the Caseificio Tricolore in Reggio Emilia, Northern Italy, on April 19, 2023. Marco Bertorello/AFP/Getty Images Makers of Parmigiano-Reggiano in Italy are adding microchips to their cheese wheels. It’s the latest move...
Edible Microchips on Parmigiano-Reggiano Used to Fight Counterfeiters
Makers of Parmigiano-Reggiano in Italy are adding microchips to their cheese wheels. It’s the latest move to combat counterfeiters selling rip offs of the premium product. The chips, which are edible and placed on a food-safe label, cannot be read remotely. LoadingSomething is loading. Thanks for signing up! Access your...