The Food Detectives: ein tragbares DNA-Testkit, um gefälschtes Olivenöl zu entlarven

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The Food Detectives: ein tragbares DNA-Testkit, um gefälschtes Olivenöl zu entlarven

Europas führende Experten für Lebensmittelsicherheit arbeiten zusammen, um gegen Betrug vorzugehen. Euronews begleitet sie in unserer Sonderserie The Food Detectives. In Episode 6 treffen wir das Team, das Fälschungen von Olivenöl mit einem tragbaren DNA-Testkit in Italien bekämpft.

Mit Unterstützung von the European Union & the Watson Project

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00:01Europe's best food safety experts are joining forces to crack down on fraud.

00:06Euronews is following them in this special series called The Food Detectives.

00:10In this episode, we're following the team fighting counterfeit olive oil in Italy.

00:23Every drop of olive oil has its own story.

00:26But sometimes, what looks like the real deal is in fact counterfeit.

00:32L'olio d'oliva è il cibo che è più soggetto ad adulterazioni a frodi tra tutti i generali alimentari.

00:42È facile miscelarlo con oli valore minore, con oli di semi, con altri composti che ne alterano la qualità.

00:52Such fraud may impact consumer health and it's done for easy profit.

00:58Il cibo può variare da poco a un altissimo valore.

01:02Quindi c'è una grossa forchetta all'interno del quale si possono verificare le frodi.

01:06Questo viene aggravato dal fatto che la catena del valore dell'olio è estremamente frammentata.

01:12So, olive oil maker Antonella Meyer-Mashvili is working with the food detectives

01:18from the EU's Watson project and their mission to beat fraud.

01:22Her secret weapon is genetic code.

01:25She uses DNA tests to guarantee the identity of her oils.

01:29Abbiamo scelto di far analizzare i nostri oli nel DNA per creare più trasparenza, più fiducia con i nostri consumatori.

01:40Molti produttori fanno marketing con foto di alberi millenari, ma alla fine non si tratta di olio di questi alberi.

01:50E noi, per renderci credibili, abbiamo questa certificazione.

01:54Perché è una certezza in più che diamo ai nostri consumatori.

02:06Such genetic testing is still very rare among olive oil producers, as it takes time and money.

02:12Until today, it's only been done in research labs.

02:16But the food detectives are now bringing the lab directly to the mill.

02:20Release our DNA.

02:21Greek biotech experts Stelios Ahandakis and Sophia Tsikaraki

02:26are developing a solution to make DNA testing more accessible and easier to carry out.

02:31We just opened the door for the first time in the world

02:37to do a DNA testing of an olive oil outside of a lab.

02:41We are introducing a device called field DNA.

02:45This device allows to isolate DNA from an olive oil sample in field conditions.

02:54So that's it. We are ready to analyse our DNA.

02:58The food detectives portable DNA kit still needs refining, but it's on the right track.

03:07The development of the technology is always a challenge

03:11because you need to validate, you need to test it, you need to optimise until you reach a good performance.

03:17And be sure that you have something that is solid.

03:20It is a path that we are under now, we are investigating.

03:24Hopefully to be able to launch this product within the next month, year.

03:30Producers, millers and packages across Umbria welcome the innovation.

03:37It's the base, it's what can help us companies, us olive oil farmers,

03:45to protect the territory and the product we do.

03:48To have an analysis that guarantees that that product comes from that plant,

03:53it's the most beautiful thing we can do.

03:55Watson's project gives us clarity and the final consumer is asking

04:02and looking for it more.

04:04Following the DNA tests, the food detectives are taking traceability one step further

04:09by giving each bottle a digital passport, too.

04:13All the data that, during the production of olive oil production,

04:16are collected, are secured within the blockchain,

04:20but are made accessible to the consumer,

04:24which can easily access through Aquair Code to the whole history of olive oil,

04:30to start from the field where the olive are being produced,

04:34up to the number of the bottle we bought.

04:39That's it for this episode of The Food Detectives.

04:45Please head over to our website for more reports on beating fraud

04:49and boosting traceability in meat, fish, dairy, honey and wine.

04:55See you soon.

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