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| Title : | Food inspectors getting tough on olive oil fraud |
| Author(s) : | |
| Source : | Troy Media |
| Year : | 2019 |
| Link : | https://troymedia.com/2019/02/03/getting-tough-olive-oil-food-fraud/ |
| Country : | Canada |
| Commodity: | FO-Olive oil |
| Abstract: | Olive production in Italy was hard hit last year due to an early frost. The country’s production dropped by 57 per cent. Greece and Portugal suffered similar fates, along with pest issues, and saw their production drop by 35 and 15 per cent, respectively. Short food supplies generate economically-motivated adulteration, that is, adding a inferior or foreign substance to a product. This is often the case for spices, tea, vinegar, wine and, of course, olive oil. |