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They would get sued for libel, and they would lose because these taste tests are not valid evidence in US court. I suspect the problem is somewhat overstated -
by lukeschlather 11y ago
They would get sued for libel, and they would lose because these taste tests are not valid evidence in US court.
I suspect the problem is somewhat overstated - to me it sounded like the tasters believed the olive oils were lower-grade, but without a rigorous definition of what that is it's hard to say how big the problem is.
Personally, I buy the lower-grade EVOO for sautéing. I'm going to be disappointed if it's really just olive oil with chlorophyll added, but at the same time I'm not looking for high-grade stuff when I buy a $10 bottle of oil. It would be a waste for what I'm doing with it.
- mikeash 11y agoIn the US, isn't it up to the accuser to prove libel, not the defendant to prove that what they said was true?