Turkey: Olive oil counterfeit warning

게시됨 2024년 10월 22일

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Experts and sector representatives are warning consumers to be cautious when buying olive oil, advising them to purchase only from reliable sources. They caution against the danger of adulterated and fake olive oils, which can be identified by their lower price and characteristics such as vinegary smell or taste. The fraudulent practice involves mixing other vegetable or mineral oils with pomace oil or selling refined oils as olive oil, often disguised by added chlorophyll and aroma. Stakeholders are calling for the establishment of a food police institution to combat this deception and are urging consumers to avoid buying olive oil from unestablished online sellers.

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Experts and sector representatives advised consumers to buy olive oil from reliable places with production and sales centers. Dr. Mücahit Kıvrak, faculty member of the Olive and Olive Technologies Department of Edremit Vocational School of Balıkesir University (BAÜN), told AA correspondent that adding oils not obtained from olives into olive oil is called "adulteration". Stating that adding other vegetable oils and mineral oils into liquids such as pomace oil, which do not contain any olive oil, is defined as "fake olive oil", Kıvrak said, "Fake branding has also emerged recently. For example, while that company does not have such a product or such a brand in any way, which we hear about with the names Ayvalık, Geyikli, Mudanya, there are oils produced in a business with a brand that does not exist by establishing cooperatives with the names of districts, these are also included in the group of fake oils." Just looking at the price is not enough Kivrak explained that in order for ...

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