Slippery Business: The trade in adulterated olive oil.

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http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/08/13/070813fa_fact_mueller?printable=tr\

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There is A LOT of adulterated olive oil and olive pomace oil out there

... if you're on any of the soap maker lists you've probably seen it

discussed recently.

 

In fact, myself and another local soap maker, whom I work closely with,

had some locally distributed olive oil tested and found it to be

adulterated with soy oil (heck, it was mostly soy with a wee bit of

olive added - totally undisclosed on the label).

 

Luckily we have found a source for true blue unadulterated olive oil and

olive pomace oil, but the paragraph below from the article link above

highlights how, in addition to being a corrupt business practice, the

misbranding of olive oil (and anything) can be potentially deadly to some.

 

It is REALLY scary to a momma like me who has a child that is literally

DEATHLY allergic to hazelnuts (as well as all other tree nuts and

peanuts) and it reveals an issue that goes well beyond the practice of

undisclosed cutting of pomace and olive oils with cheap oils such as soy

(which many folks are allergic to as well) .

 

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On August 10, 1991, a rusty tanker called the Mazal II docked at the

industrial port of Ordu, in Turkey, and pumped twenty-two hundred tons

of hazelnut oil into its hold. The ship then embarked on a meandering

voyage through the Mediterranean and the North Sea. By September 21st,

when the Mazal II reached Barletta, a port in Puglia, in southern Italy,

its cargo had become, on the ship’s official documents, Greek Olive Oil.

 

Read the full article here:

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/08/13/070813fa_fact_mueller?printable=tr\

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Hopefully by making folks aware of this, we will be able to help prevent

or at least minimize this kind of crapola ...

 

*Smile*

Chris

 

A Little Ol'Factory - Since 1999

Organic 100% Extra Virgin Olive Liquid Soap

Made From TESTED TO BE PURE OLIVE OIL

http://www.alittleolfactory.com

 

CZ Luxe

Luxurious natural delights

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SH & ^%! Thanks so much for this alert.

Funny, one would think hazelnut oil would be

an expensive specialty item.

 

We use Olive oil all the time. I just get it

extra virgin grocery store brand.

 

Are you telling me this might NOT be

the real thing?

 

Moreover, I avoid soy oils like the plague.

This really gets my dander up.

 

By the way, what is a dander? What does

it look like when it is down?

 

Ien in the Kootenays, who has not had coffee,

breakfast or algae yet and needs to get out

of here before she starts babbling incoherently

 

http://freegreenliving.com (blog)

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Hi Chris,

 

Thanks for posting this; just recently learned about this (in a Jeanne

Rose class). According to her olive oil adulteration has been going

on for years! Definitely scary, especially since many people are

allergic to soy or (like you mentioned) hazelnuts.

 

Cheers,

Li

 

, Christine Ziegler

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>

>

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/08/13/070813fa_fact_mueller?printable=tr\

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>

> There is A LOT of adulterated olive oil and olive pomace oil out there

> .. if you're on any of the soap maker lists you've probably seen it

> discussed recently.

>

> In fact, myself and another local soap maker, whom I work closely with,

> had some locally distributed olive oil tested and found it to be

> adulterated with soy oil (heck, it was mostly soy with a wee bit of

> olive added - totally undisclosed on the label).

 

> *Smile*

> Chris

>

> A Little Ol'Factory - Since 1999

> Organic 100% Extra Virgin Olive Liquid Soap

> Made From TESTED TO BE PURE OLIVE OIL

> http://www.alittleolfactory.com

>

> CZ Luxe

> Luxurious natural delights

> http://www.czluxe.com/

>