Does this mean this olive oil is not virgin anymore
It never was virgin olive oil. It was low quality oil mixed with better quality oil, but none of it virgin.
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I’m pretty sure this was supposed to be a clever pun, but thanks for the info nonetheless
5,200 litres is NOTHING given the overall scale of the problem.
Is black market olive oil a big issue for the average Spaniard or Italian?
It’s a big issue globally.
The Iberian peninsula is slowly but surely desertifying. Part of it is due to climate change, sure, but it doesn’t help that governments aren’t willing to pass and enforce regulations against the mass cultivation of plants that require huge amounts of water, such as avocados, in regions that do not naturally receive as much rain. If we keep stupidly trying to use more water than we need and the local ecosystems can afford, it’s only logical sooner or later we’d have these issues with olives, amongst many other troubles.
What do you want to bet it’ll still end up in US markets somehow?
Adulterated sounds like the exact opposite of extra virgin.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
The investigation, carried out by the Guardia Civil in conjunction with Italy’s carabinieri and Europol, led to raids in both countries and the searching of olive-processing cooperatives in the Spanish provinces of Ciudad Real, Jaén and Córdoba.
Suspicions were first raised when Guardia Civil officers discovered “a series of anomalies” while inspecting a lorry that was transporting olive oil in Ciudad Real region.
They soon uncovered a two-pronged operation in Spain and Italy that was designed to distribute adulterated olive oil on the global market.
News of the seizure came amid continuing high olive oil prices as drought and other adverse weather conditions affect European harvests for a second successive year.
Spanish production has been hit by drought and heatwaves of more than 40C, while the crisis has been exacerbated by extreme weather in other olive-producing countries such as Greece, Italy, Portugal, Turkey and Morocco.
Extra virgin olive oil is not the only Spanish culinary staple to fall victim to criminal gangs in recent years.
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what do they cut it with?
