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The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply has prohibited the marketing of nine brands of products investigated as fraudulent and falsely declared as extra virgin olive oil. The action arises from a job carried out by the Espirito Santo Civil Police, which last week dismantled a criminal organization specialized in product counterfeiting.
The brands suspected of fraud and investigated for selling soybean oil as if it were olive oil are: Casalberto, Conde de Torres, Donana (Premium), Flor de Espanha, La Valenciana, Porto Valencia, Serra das Oliveiras, Serra de Montejunto and Torezani (Premium).
Abras (Brazilian Association of Supermarkets) was notified by the ministry. OR Twitter contacted the association and is waiting for a position.
The federal government recommends that establishments that have the prohibited brands in stock or exposed for sale immediately inform the Federal Superintendencies of Agriculture about the volume of the product and the plan to destroy the merchandise. The company responsible for disposal must be qualified by a state environmental agency or an oil and packaging recycler.
Failure to comply with the prohibition may result in a fine for the holder of the merchandise. Eventually, it may also be reported to the MPF (Federal Public Ministry) for possible civil and criminal liability, and the formalization of a Report to the Civil Police indicating the person in charge of the commercial establishment will correspond.
“The adulteration and falsification of olive oil is not exclusively a consumer fraud, but a crime against public health”, declares Hugo Caruso, general coordinator of Plant Quality of the Ministry of Agrarian Defense.
