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Greek police arrest family for selling fake ‘olive oil’

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Police in Greece have arrested seven people who are allegedly involved in fraudulently selling large quantities of adulterated sunflower oil as olive oil in both Greece and overseas.

A family of four and three of their relatives were found operating a workshop where they added a dye to turn the yellow sunflower seed oil into a green shade, resembling olive oil.

The arrests took place on Sunday near Larissa, Thessaly, where the adulterated oil was sold in five-litre cans to Greek consumers and exported, in one-ton pallets, mainly to Germany.

The product was labelled as “extra-virgin olive oil, straight from the producer”.

According to reports, the domestic price was only slightly cheaper than prices of authentic olive oil.

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