The Civil Guard, together with inspectors from the Junta de Andalucía and the General Directorate of Public Health and Pharmaceutical Regulation, has discovered a fraudulent olive oil business located in the municipality of Mairena del Alcor (Seville).
According to the investigation, those responsible for the organization sold containers with labels of 'Extra virgin olive oil' or 'Mild olive oil', when in reality they were only seed oils and even oils not suitable for consumption. They operated from an industrial warehouse, in which the oils were also bottled without health registration or hygienic conditions.
The products that were distributed, fraudulently, affect companies in Campillo (Málaga), Almargen (Málaga), Baena (Córdoba), Lucena (Córdoba), Los Rosales-Tocina (Sevilla), Deifontes (Granada) and Murcia. Following police action, the ship was locked up and accepted, false labels and documents were left unchecked by the Civil Guard.
The brands stamped on the labels found were Carrero, extra virgin olive oil, and Esential, mild olive oil, packaged for Distribuciones Oleotop, in Los Rosales-Tocina Sevilla; Cart, extra virgin olive oil, Product Spain, Murcia; Aciencia, extra virgin olive oil bottled by Aceites Tarama SA in Baena (Córdoba); and Agricultor del valle, extra virgin olive oil, and La Rama, mild-flavored oil, both packaged by 16.006007/MA in Almargen (Málaga).
Fraudulent oils were also labeled under the brands Oleo L.U.X.E., extra virgin olive oil, Oliv, mild olive oil; Scudo, extra virgin olive oil, packaged by Almazara la Ribera S.L; Olive Treasure, extra virgin oil; Earth of Arbequino, extra virgin olive oil; and Valle de Arbosana, extra virgin olive oil, all packaged by Hortelano Foods in Almargen (Malaga).
According to the competent Health Authorities, control actions have already been initiated to detect whether these oils have reached the hands of consumers, although at the moment it is unknown.
