The Consortium for the Protection of Buffalo Mozzarella Dop employs artificial intelligence for surveillance against fake mozzarella and to counteract the phenomenon of Italian sounding. This is the first project in Italy implemented by a Consortium, which focuses on AI as an innovative tool for the protection of a Dop product. The initiative was presented to the press at the Ministry of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty, and Forests.

The project, conceived by the Consortium, was commissioned to the company Farzati Spa, which has developed an artificial intelligence system: a virtual "bodyguard" of buffalo mozzarella Dop called Nina. The name is that of one of the most long-lived and productive buffaloes in the history of the industry.