Worldwide Olive Oil Shortage

Buyers beware: this could mean an increase in food fraud as criminals attempt to cash in on record high prices. Olive Oil accounts for more than 10% of all incidents of food fraud worldwide. Fraudsters in the past have been caught passing off cheaper oils from Turkey and Tunisia as higher priced Italian oil.

Other schemes have been identified where importers were blending cheaper oils, such as hazelnut, soy, corn, walnut or palm oil, and passing the products off as 100% pure olive oil. This is especially concerning when nut-oils are substituted which can lead to major problems for those with food allergies.

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