Scientists scent breakthrough in truffle trafficking
Date: 21.4.2010
One of Europe's gastronomic jewels, the fabled black Perigord truffle, has been genetically unravelled, a feat that could doom fakers who pass off inferior **truffles** as the real thing.
A tri-nation group led by geneticists at France's National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA) says that the truffle has a **DNA signature** pointing to its geographical origins.
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