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At least 76,000 litres of fake extra virgin olive oil has been withdrawn from sale after police found it was sunflower oil.
The scam involved the colouring and labelling of the sunflower oil in order to sell it as extra virgin olive oil. Nine people have been arrested in connection with the scam. Authorities said there was no danger the fake olive oil was toxic.
The fraud was linked to two companies based in Andalucia with the fake oil put on sale in Catalonia.
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