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Absolutely agree. When you buy olive oil in Europe you get oil made from olives.

• mothballed 11mo ago
  Domestically produced USA olive oil is actually olive oil. If you buy olive oil in Europe you get olive oil. If you buy olive oil from Europe you may get olive oil, you might get something else. This is because European olive oil trade has large component of European (largely Italian) gangsters involved in the olive oil export trade.
  • trashb 11mo ago
    You seem to state that USA regulates production of a product where EU regulates what product and how a product is sold. As a consumer myself would prefer regulation on what is sold, laws only work within your borders so the USA can't regulate EU production but can regulate import from Europe and vice versa. > (largely Italian) gangsters Seems to imply criminal/illegal activity, that is everywhere and not really important to the statement. If it's just that you are not expecting to be sold a fake while it is legal, maybe the law needs updating.
    • mothballed 11mo ago
      Europeans are in the same predicament as Americans, except since EU domestic olive oil is superior to American domestic oil, there is simply little to no demand to buy olive oil in EU from outside the EU. Therefore you don't have a largescale problem of importing fake olive oil, not because your laws are superior, but because your domestic natural resources and skillsets don't economically demand such risky import.