OCU requires information on the brands committing fraud with olive oil

Recently been made public through the media the existence of a letter from the General Director of Food Industry Ministry of Agriculture led to the Autonomous Communities warning of possible fraud in the oil samples and asking for measures to prevent it.

Suspicions "founded" on alteration of the samples in contradictory analyzes start from the Ministries of Agriculture and Health. In the Ministry's letter warns the Autonomous Communities of the finding of sealed sample handling to avoid sanctions resulting from an inspection, replacing seals and manipulating content. A practice that in the opinion of OCU trying to fool not only to consumers but also to the administration in order to try to invalidate possible sanctions.

Although this alleged deception does not affect the health of consumers if an economic deception since the consumer pays a premium price for a product of lower quality than announced.

At news OCU required to be made public the names of the oils affected by this commercial fraud and that urgent measures be established to remove such oils on the market until the labels and prices corrected accordingly.

OCU also calls for measures to establish more stringent controls to prevent these deceptions consumer and exemplary sanctions that prevent fraud affecting consumers and significantly undermines the image of the sector.

Unfortunately fraud oil quality is not new. OCU already denounced such practices in his study of oils published in October 2012. At that time 9 brands did not have the characteristics of extra virgin olive oil although sold as such.

For more information on this study can be found at: http://www.ocu.org/alimentacion/alimentos/articulo/aceite-virgen

Following that study some brands sued OCU. The sentences have dismissed such claims have confirmed the rigorous work of OCU in its complaint against a fraud in the light of this information persists today.