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Re:Parmesan Makers Add Microchips to Cheese Wheels to Foil C... by arbitrage on Tuesday September 12, 2023 @03:29PM (#37486641)
You can eat the rind. Some people do. That's not typical, however.

> The p-Chip micro-transponder is a grain of salt-sized silicon chip containing a unique identification code that is attached to the silicon substrate.

It will probably be safe if it gets accidentally ingested.

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Re:Parmesan Makers Add Microchips to Cheese Wheels to Foil C... by benoliver999 on Tuesday September 12, 2023 @03:35PM (#37486750)
If you go to Italy the airport scanners might think you're a wheel of cheese.
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Re:Parmesan Makers Add Microchips to Cheese Wheels to Foil C... by shrubble on Tuesday September 12, 2023 @04:07PM (#37487394)
If it happened to me the situation would really grate on me.
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Re:Parmesan Makers Add Microchips to Cheese Wheels to Foil C... by anon4242 on Tuesday September 12, 2023 @04:49PM (#37488079)
Cheezes dad, go back to your woodworking!
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Re:Parmesan Makers Add Microchips to Cheese Wheels to Foil C... by mathogre on Tuesday September 12, 2023 @04:24PM (#37487684)
Would that be........bad PR?
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Re:Parmesan Makers Add Microchips to Cheese Wheels to Foil C... by aruggirello on Tuesday September 12, 2023 @04:34PM (#37487826)
No, since you wouldn't appear to be counterfeit. :)
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