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
LESEN SIE MEHR : http://de.euronews.com/2025/11/17/the-food-detectives-ein-tragbares-dna-testkit-um-gefalschtes-olivenol-zu-entlarven
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.
00:27But 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.
00:57L'olio d'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.
01:12So, 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.
01:40Molti 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.
02:13Until 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.
02:22Greek biotech experts Stelios Ahondakis and Savir 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.
02:53So that's it, we are ready to analyze our DNA.
03:00The food detectives portable DNA kit still needs refining, but it's on the right track.
03:06The development of a technology is always a challenge because you need to validate, you need to test it, you need to optimize until you reach a good performance.
03:18And be sure that you have something that is solid.
03:21It is a path that we are under, now we are investigating, hopefully to be able to launch this product within the next month, year.
03:34The millers and packages across Umbria welcome the innovation.
03:38It's the base, it's what can help us, we olive oil farmers, to protect the territory and the product that we do.
03:49To have an analysis that guarantees that that product comes from that plant is the most beautiful thing.
03:55The project Watson gives us clarity and the consumer is asking and looking for it more.
04:04Following the DNA tests, the food detectives are taking traceability one step further by giving each bottle a digital passport too.
04:13All the data that, during the production of olive oil production, are collected within the blockchain,
04:20but are made accessible to the consumer.
04:24The consumer can easily access, through Aquair Code, through the history of olive oil,
04:31from the field where olive oil are being produced,
04:34to the number of the bottle that has 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
04:49and boosting traceability in meat, fish, dairy, honey and wine.
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