# Sand-Size Microchips Take on Fake Foods and Drugs > Tiny silicon motes tackle hard problems of fraud in Big Ag and Big Pharma

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/this-week-in-cybercrime-fda-urges-tighter-cybersecurity-for-medical-devices/
- Published: 2023-09-12T09:15:54-05:00
- Author: Curated by John Wysocki

Image caption: To fight counterfeits, makers of authentic Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese in Italy are putting silicon chips smaller than a grain of sand on their cheese wheels. These microchips use the blockchain to trace products from growers to grocery shelves. Image credit: P-CHIP. Article by Prachi Patel. IEEE Spectrum – September 8, 2023. Labels on your grocery store products might say “Spanish extra-virgin olive oil” or “New Zealand grass-fed beef,” but these are just words. How can such broad claims ever be verified? Food fraud — things like additives, dilutions, mislabeling, and substitution—affects over 1 percent of the global food industry, according […] Click here to view original web page at spectrum.ieee.org