UTAS team developing new way to stop Asian cherry counterfeiters ripping off Tasmania

Leah McBey
Updated February 18 2021 - 7:11am, first published 7:08am
COOL CLIMATE CHERRIES: Tasmania's climate is one of the reasons the quality of the state's cherries is so high, meaning criminals overseas are willing to invest a lot of money to defraud customers by selling under the Tasmanian name. Picture: File
COOL CLIMATE CHERRIES: Tasmania's climate is one of the reasons the quality of the state's cherries is so high, meaning criminals overseas are willing to invest a lot of money to defraud customers by selling under the Tasmanian name. Picture: File

A man whose all time favourite fruit is cherries has landed a three year federal grant to stop criminals overseas from passing off inferior cherries as coming from Tasmania.

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Leah McBey

Leah McBey

Senior Journalist

As a southern New Zealander I love island life. So Tassie was an obvious choice after living in North America, Europe and the Pacific Islands. I've done a bit of everything but communication is the motif threading through my life.

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