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0 pointsmaccard3y ago0 comments

Nowhere in that link does it say that it only happens on exports. It's also true of pretty much any product, e.g. wine [0], parmesan [1], champagne [2] .

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wine_fraud#Examples

[1] https://www.forbes.com/sites/rebeccahughes/2022/06/02/cheese...

[2] https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2022/12/e2m-of-fake-champa...

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johnmaguire3y ago

I'm not saying it only happens on exports, nor am I arguing it happens with only olive oil. I'm responding directly to your claim that "high quality dop/docg olive oil is readily available all over the world."

It may be available, but readily available seems like a bit of a stretch to me. It can be deceptively difficult to obtain.

> It's reliably reported that 80% of the Italian olive oil on the market is fraudulent.[0]

[0] https://www.forbes.com/sites/ceciliarodriguez/2016/02/10/the...

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