On Feb 3, 11:37*am, Hench > wrote:
> On 2/3/2013 9:17 AM, A Moose in Love wrote:
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> > Yesterday, I picked up a liter of Mastro 100% pure cold pressed.
> > $4.97. *I hope it's what the label says it is.
> > Full article here
> >http://www.canada.com/life/Extra+vir...297/story.html
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> > Last July, Eddie Zilli, president of Santa Maria Foods of Toronto,
> > which markets Mastro olive oil and other products, was convicted of
> > three offences under the Food and Drugs Act.
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> > The judge ordered Zilli to pay a total fine of $150,000 and ordered
> > 47,400 litres of seized oil to be disposed of.
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> > The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) reported that Zilli
> > unlawfully imported oil labeled as extra-virgin olive oil that was, in
> > fact, blended oil containing approximately 50 per cent sunflower oil.
> > The offences occurred between January and April 2006.
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> damn it. * *I've been buying that brand because it's been cheaper for
> tha past few months.
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> Cooking with it still has been fine as I rarely use olive oil unless
> heat is getting applied...

Mastro has been convicted in the past. I just hope they learned from
their waywardness and now sell what they advertise.