Actually, I think you make it sound too nice. The test results are actually pretty bad. Overall that test wasn't really all that useful though - they tested ver

Actually, I think you make it sound too nice. The test results are actually pretty bad. Overall that test wasn't really all that useful though - they tested very few products. It's a tiny sample. One thing to note: They mention that for each 1,000 tons of olive oil only one sample has to be drawn and tested - which shows how little we really know about the quality, and low the probability is to be caught. Given that I don't believe Europeans are "better people" than Americans or anyone else I think it's safe to assume there are plenty of cases of fraud we know nothing about. For Germany in particular I have this anecdote: An Italian friend of mine used to do whole-sale import food to Germany for Italian food producers. He told me that they export the "good stuff" to countries like Spain and France - and the bad but cheap stuff to Germany. He told me Germans and therefore German importers care about price first of all.