Food Detectives: un kit de prueba de ADN portátil para sacar a la luz el aceite de oliva falsificado
Los mejores expertos en seguridad alimentaria de Europa se alían para combatir el fraude. 'Euronews' los acompaña en esta serie especial llamada 'The Food Detectives'. En el episodio 6, conocemos al equipo que lucha contra el aceite de oliva falso con un kit de prueba de ADN portátil en Italia.
En colaboración con the European Union & the Watson Project
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00:00Europe'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.
00:31L'olio d'oliva è il cibo che è più soggetto ad adulterazioni a frodi tra tutti i generi alimentari.
00:42È facile miscelarlo con oli valore minore, con oli di semi, con altri composti che ne alterano la qualità.
00:51Such fraud may impact consumer health, and it's done for easy profit.
00:58Il prezzo dell'olio 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.
01:11So, olive oil maker Antonella Meyer-Mashrilli is working with the food detectives from the EU's Watson project in 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.
02:05Such genetic testing is still very rare among olive oil producers, as it takes time and money.
02:13Until 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 Ahondakis and Sevea Tsikoraki are developing a solution to make DNA testing more accessible and easier to carry out.
02:32We just opened the door for the first time in the world to 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.
02:55We are ready to analyse our DNA.
02:59The food detectives' portable DNA kit still needs refining, but it's on the right track.
03:05The development of a technology is always a challenge because you need to validate, you need to test it, you need to optimise until you reach a good performance and be sure that you have something that is solid.
03:20It is a path that we are now investigating, hopefully to be able to launch this product within the next month, year.
03:33Producers, millers and packages across Umbria welcome the innovation.
03:36It's the base, it's what can help us companies, us olive oil farmers, to protect the territory and the product that we do.
03:48To have an analysis that guarantees that that product comes from that plant is the most beautiful thing that we can do.
03:54Watson's project gives us clarity, and the final consumer is asking and looking for it more.
04:03Following the DNA tests, the food detectives are taking traceability one step further by giving each bottle a digital passport too.
04:12All the data that, during the production of olive oil production, are collected within the blockchain, but are made accessible to the consumer,
04:24which can easily access through Aquair Code to the entire history of olive oil,
04:30from the field where olive oil is being produced, to the number of the bottle that is acquired.
04:38That's it for this episode of the Food Detectives.
04:45Please head over to our website for more reports on beating fraud and boosting traceability in meat, fish, dairy, honey and wine.
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