Waylon is Chief Operating Officer at Bureau Veritas Group who is a world leader in Testing, Inspection and Certification. Their mission is at the heart of key challenges: quality, health and safety, environmental protection and social responsibility.
Food counterfeiting has become a billion-dollar concern for entities that oversee production, but microchips could offer a solution.
I fear, by only embedding the chip in the [cheese’s] skin, it would be easy to access for removal or replacement. The other item to consider is that, at some point, the chip will likely be rendered ineffective as the product is not normally sold to general consumers in full wheels. As it gets divided up, shaved, or grated, it introduces opportunities for food fraud at the end of the value chain.