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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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[–] flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz 14 points 1 year ago (3 children)

So if you eat the chip, does it mean you officially become a wheel of cheese?

[–] brsrklf@compuverse.uk 6 points 1 year ago

If you start eating packaging like stickers glued to the rind of cheese, I think you can legally be considered a kind of human-goat hybrid.

[–] _s10e@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago

My networth would increase if you value the cheese-turned-fat at parmigiano market value.

[–] 4am@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

No but you do become the property of a man in Italy