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In some cases, colza oil with added color and flavor has been labeled and sold as olive oil. [30] This extensive fraud prompted the Italian government to mandate a new labeling law in 2007 for companies selling olive oil, under which every bottle of Italian olive oil would have to declare the farm and press on which it was produced, as well as ...
The Olive oil raids of 2023 in Europe refers to a coordinated law enforcement effort named Operation OPSON by Spanish, Italian police and Europol to combat a significant food fraud operation involving the production and sale of counterfeit extra virgin olive oil. This operation, uncovered by officials, involved the production of over 260,000 ...
The book describes the history of olive oil, including its religious, economic, and culinary uses, as well as the current state of the olive oil industry. Extra Virginity asserts that the global olive oil industry is rife with corruption and fraud due to lax governmental regulations, but it also presents stories of individuals, including ...
August 7, 2024 at 7:04 AM. By Leah Douglas. (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has launched investigations into the supply chains of at least two renewable fuel producers amid ...
Olive oil prices reached a record high of $12.39 per bottle this year — a jaw-dropping cost Deoleo plans to cut in half. The Spanish company expects prices to fall from 10 euros to around 5 ...
2011: Plasticizer use in food products. The principal food safety incident in Taiwan was over the use of the plasticizer DEHP to replace palm oil in food and drinks as a clouding agent. [1][2] The chemical agent has been linked to developmental problems with children as it affects hormones. [3]
It helps to imagine food as a spectrum: At one end, you have nutrient-dense, anti-inflammatory foods (think: colorful vegetables, berries, high-quality olive oil, fatty fish, nuts, seeds, and ...
1981 – Spanish toxic oil syndrome. Thousands permanently damaged by eating industrial colza oil denatured with aniline and sold as olive oil. There was strong suspicion that the cause was in fact insecticide in Spanish tomatoes, and that official agencies actively supported the contaminated oil position, suppressing evidence contradicting it ...