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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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[-] Marsupial@quokk.au 3 points 1 year ago

So I can eat the plastic wrappers?

[-] _s10e@feddit.de 5 points 1 year ago

Once?

[-] Cybersteel@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I did eat those chicken wrappers accidentally at a buffet.

[-] Draconic_NEO@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

You can probably get away with it more than once, after all there was that one person who was addicted to eating plastic. I will say it definitely isn't good for you to do it, so I definitely wouldn't recommend it.

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