Preventing food fraud through digital and intelligence-based technologies: the case of extra virgin olive oil

The EU-WATSON project will develop a set of tools and systems to detect and prevent fraudulent practices along the food supply chain. The main objective is to increase consumer awareness of the safety and value of food, leading to the adoption of healthier lifestyles and the development of sustainable food ecosystems. In particular, one of the pilots of the project wants to guarantee the authenticity and traceability of EVOO by creating a digital DNA fingerprint by portable, low-cost devices, automatic techniques to process the data.