How we're scammed into eating phony food

Re:How we're scammed into eating phony food by pcrh on Monday July 11, 2016 @06:14AM (#12070032)

Isn't that a problem with US regulations and enforcement, rather than EU ones?

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Re:How we're scammed into eating phony food by evgen on Monday July 11, 2016 @08:43AM (#12070610)

It is a problem with US regulators assuming that EU regulations are something more than scams to bid up the price of olive oils by claiming they came from a particular region (usually one that makes some bogus terrior claim) when in fact they do not. If the EU cannot enforce its own vaunted food regulations then I suppose the US should just stop accepting any claims regarding food provenance and dispense with any DOP compliance whatsoever...

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Re:How we're scammed into eating phony food by pcrh on Monday July 11, 2016 @10:08AM (#12071104)

Most likely the oil is shipped in large containers and bottled in the US. So the labeling will fall under US jurisdiction, not EU.

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