ISRAELVALLEY. ALERTE ROUGE : DES ESCROCS TENTENT DE METTRE SUR LE MARCHE DE L'HUILE IMPROPRE A LA CONSOMMATION IMPORTEE DE GRECE ET ESPAGNE.

Encore une sale affaire qui sort en Israel, juste avant la fete de Souccot, sur des malfrats qui ne reculent devant rien. Des escrocs de Kedmat Galil et Rosh Pina ont importe de Grece et Espagne de l’huile industrielle pour la revendre ensuite sur le marche israelien comme huile de table. Le plus incroyable : un des supermarches israelien de Rami Levy voulait vendre un produit dangereux.

Selon Haaretz : "Raids on two vegetable oil factories in the north of Israel over the past 10 days have turned up tons of industrial-quality oil – the type used to light oil lamps. The raids were conducted by the Agriculture Ministry’s Flora and Fauna Supervision Unit in coordination with the Health Ministry. “Since the oil was imported into Israel as unfit for human consumption, it did not undergo any inspection by the Health Ministry at the port,” sources close to the investigation said. “It underwent chemical processing, after which it was sold as edible.”

One of the raided locations was in the Kedmat Galil industrial zone, the other in the Tzahar industrial zone in Rosh Pina. “Both locations operate under various names but have one well-known owner,” the sources said. “Long ago, he was disqualified from selling olive oil in another location.” At one point, the owner evidently owned a factory in the Beit Shemesh area as well.

In addition, a great deal of customs fraud was allegedly committed, and the Customs Directorate was notified as part of the investigation.

The incident began several weeks ago when information about the fraud reached the Agriculture Ministry from various sources. “According to information received, the oil was imported from Spain and Greece,” said the sources. Following an unknown treatment process, it was labeled under four or five brand names as edible olive oil. Inspections by the Agriculture and Health Ministries found the oil for sale at the Rami Levy and Home Center supermarket chains".