"cybercat" scripsit in
:

Most Italian Olive Oil sold in the US is, indeed imported from
Italy;

Nope. Most olive oils are from other countries but labelled
"product of Italy".

Really? Whatcha got to back that up?

Well, it depends where you are. In the US, the law obliges the
importer to indicate the origin, but in Canada and Europe, this is not
the case yet. Viz the following, specifically item number 7:

http://www.radio-canada.ca/actualite...ves/2003/09/18
/enquete.shtml

It states that large importers such as Unilever or Nestlé make labels
for the US market indicating provenance from Greece, Morocco etc., but
make some for Canada and Europe which says Product of Italy.

With the current useless-as-tits-on-a-bull gummint in Canada, we're not
likely to get that settled any time soon.

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"The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's
oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the
search for a superior moral justification for
selfishness." -- John Kenneth Galbraith