Reuters

April 22, 2008 — BARI, Italy - Italian police have arrested 39 people and seized truckloads of fake olive oil destined for the United States, Germany and Switzerland.

Tipped off by Italian restaurateurs and retailers, cops yesterday said they had confiscated 5,500 gallons of the fake oil after catching the gang adding flavoring and colorants to vegetable oil and slapping false “extra-virgin” labels on bottles.

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