The title is way too strong, but yes, most olive oil in non-producing countries is diluted. In my country (Uruguay) we had this problem as an exporting countr

The title is way too strong, but yes, most olive oil in non-producing countries is diluted. In my country (Uruguay) we had this problem as an exporting country, many shady vendors dilute. They also did the same with honey (and got the country banned from Europe). As the article says: "(1) diluting real extra-virgin olive oil with less expensive oils, like soybean or sunflower oil; (2) diluting high-quality olive oil with low-quality olive oil; or (3) making low-quality extra-virgin olive oil, "typically incorporating older—and often rancid—stocks of oil held over from bumper crops of previous seasons,"