L’olio d’oliva che usi è autentico o falso?  Come i Food Detective scoprono le frodi grazie al DNA

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L’olio d’oliva che usi è autentico o falso?  Come i Food Detective scoprono le frodi grazie al DNA

I migliori esperti europei di sicurezza alimentare uniscono le forze per contrastare le frodi. Euronews li segue nella nostra serie speciale, The Food Detectives. Nell’episodio 6, incontriamo il team che combatte la contraffazione dell’olio d’oliva con un kit portatile per il test del DNA in Italia.

In collaborazione con 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.

01:41Molti 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 Arhandakis 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 a 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

03:53is the most beautiful thing we can do.

03:55Watson's project gives us clarity,

03:58and the final consumer is asking and looking for it more.

04:03It's very clear.

04:05Following the DNA tests, the food detectives are taking traceability one step further

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

04:12All 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 Aquare Code

04:28to the whole history of olive oil,

04:31to start from the field where the olive are being produced,

04:34to the number of the bottle bought.

04:38That'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.

04:54See you soon.

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