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DNA Authentication to Safeguard


Don Giovanni

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DNA Authentication to Safeguard Premium Wine Against Counterfeiting and Fraud

My wine might be fake, no problem we will send it to the forensics lab...!

Watson, please bring me the swab !!!

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DNA authentication is increasingly being accepted as a method to verify the authenticity of wine.

Wine fraud typically takes the form of counterfeit labels. Some producers attempt to reduce fraud by marking future vintage bottles with engraved serialized numbers, however, the counterfeiters have still been able to defraud older vintages and taint genuine products with poorer substitutes.

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