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A comment on Parmigiano Reggiano makers embedding tiny trackers in rind to fight cheese fraud. Parent comment

Re:Parmigiano Reggiano makers embedding tiny trackers in rin... by Symbiote on Wednesday May 18, 2022 @06:12PM (#31428271)
They can't be in the EU, as "Parmesan" is a PDO name and cheese with the name must come from the region of Italy.
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Re:Parmigiano Reggiano makers embedding tiny trackers in rin... by bsimpson on Wednesday May 18, 2022 @11:24PM (#31430310)
I thought "parmigiano" is the DOP name and "parmesan" is a free for all. Apparently, I'd misunderstood:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parmesan

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