Italian inspectors seize over 450 quintals of irregular olive oil in Tuscany
Italy's food-fraud inspectorate ICQRF seized more than 450 quintals of irregular olive oil in Tuscany over two operations in the last week of October 2026. The first, 165 quintals, was sold as extra virgin but had no traceability and was made from processing waste. A second operation blocked about 300 quintals of foreign-origin oil falsely labelled extra virgin and ready for export outside the EU. ICQRF's Perugia lab found that batch failed the organoleptic test and could only be classed as virgin olive oil.
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What does it mean?
Olive oil was sold as extra virgin, the top grade, even though it did not meet that label. Inspectors took more than 450 quintals off the market in two operations in Tuscany.
Who is affected?
Consumers who buy extra virgin olive oil and honest olive oil producers.