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And the problem is not new: the Romans were already fighting olive-oil fraud! From Olive Oil's Dark Side [0]: "The Romans instituted elaborate mechanisms to pr
by isolli 8y ago
And the problem is not new: the Romans were already fighting olive-oil fraud!
From Olive Oil's Dark Side [0]: "The Romans instituted elaborate mechanisms to prevent fraud. [...] These careful records were intended to prevent the siphoning off of oil en route, or the substitution of an inferior product."
The whole article is very interesting!
[0] https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/olive-oils-dark-side https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/olive-oils-dark-...