Olive oil: “Beware of too good deals”… How the repression of fraud tracks down scams

The pretty vial aroused the greed of fine gourmets. Sold on a delicatessen website, the small bottles of olive oil contained nothing less than gold particles. In any case, that’s what the label announced… And that’s what tipped off investigators from the General Directorate for Competition, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Control (DGCCRF) . “As gold is not an authorized additive in olive oil, checks have been carried out to obtain more information from the company, explains the Fraud Repression. The findings and samples taken revealed that it was not gold particles, but a mixture of zinc and copper. »