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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)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by HiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml to c/latestagecapitalism@lemmygrad.ml

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Sure why not? Add to the delicious medley of microplastics and persistent organic pollutants, what could go wrong!

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[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml 18 points 2 years ago (2 children)

the counterfeit parmigiano is a serious issue, because you will get a cheese with a very low quality, with a milk that is not in a controlled supply chain from Emilia Romagna

The horror

[–] ComradeChairmanKGB@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 2 years ago

Truly existential

[–] Shinhoshi@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 2 years ago

I legit thought that was a bit ngl