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<pre>Dear Marco:

We are having the same problem in the US. Many, primarily large suppliers
from Italy and some from France sell their products as bottled in Italy and
as bottled in France. If you taste their products you will be able to detect
the Northern Spanish and/or Greek olive oil infusion into their blend.

The problem with olive oil is as bad as with other products. The American
wine industry has some members who are equally misleading the consumers.
Let's not forget that in the US we import casein with French certificates of
origin, which was originally made in Kazakhstan, Belarus or Ukraine. I had a
lot of fun reading once a list of products per country where clearly the
exports were significantly higher than the national production numbers.
Where do you think the additional quantities come from?

I hope that something is done regarding this problem but consumers in the US
trust companies far more than their goverment. If any governmental body
tries to regulate the industry (see France) consumers will follow big
companies in crying that "big goverment" is trying to control their life
style. Change will come only with pressure at the grass root level (ie
consumer). This is why I am trying to educate all my clients through the web
page and through a newsletter that I publish for them and by giving public
speeches at Social clubs.

I hope this answers your question.

Best regards,
Constantine



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