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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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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (4 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Yeah it's like how the Champaign region has brutalised it's soil with over production and now produces substandard grapes compared to other regions but due to established customs can charge the most.

Cheese makes even less sense as the original taste was down to the quality of the dairy and the process of making it - both of which have changed totally and are easily replicatable, though fake cheese is potentially dangerous if made unlicenced because God knows what corners they could cut - I don't want to eat something full of reminant cleaning products and deadly pathogens.

Really then avoiding over-priced prestige products is the best choice economically, medically, and morally (I'll skip the essay on that but the main point is it's funding greed and establishing a classist normal which is something we should be moving away from).

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Considering they charge arm an a leg for the damn thing no wonder. Also wait until you find out there are fake eggs mass produced in China. That will mind-stop you.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm concerned. At least fake cheese is real cheese. What's lower cost than using hens to produce eggs?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Even lower cost, mass production, fuck knows. Am concerned as well.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You should pressure-wash your asshole.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Thank you for taking an interest.

[–] [email protected] 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".