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The Region of Murcia has warned of the clandestine production, packaging and distribution of oil labeled "virgin olive" and "extra virgin olive" from Spain when it was really

vegetable oil from seeds or a mixture of seeds

that could pose a risk to health due to lack of reliable traceability.

The Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition (Aesan) has been made aware of this alert and that the initial distribution of the products has been carried out

for the most part in the Region of Murcia,

although they were also sold in Catalonia, the Basque Country and the Community. Valenciana and it is not ruled out that there is distribution to other autonomies, according to the report consulted by Efe.

In addition, the European Commission Services have been notified through the

European Food Alert Network

(Rasff) in order to verify the withdrawal of the affected products from the marketing channels in other possible points of sale.

With the information available to date, there is no evidence in Spain of any reported case.

The products involved are "Wafa" virgin olive oil in 2-litre containers;

olive oil "Maakoul";

"Riad Al Andalus" virgin olive oil in one liter containers;

oil "Maysae" in a liter;

"La noria" extra virgin olive oil (5 liter containers);

extra virgin olive oil "Zannouti 31 31" in a liter;

virgin olive oil "Virgen de la Salud" in containers of 0.5 and 1 liter and extra virgin with the same denomination in containers of 0.5 liters;

"Rahouyi" extra virgin olive oil (2 liter containers) and another virgin olive oil without a commercial brand in 5 liter containers.

This notification

affects all batches and packaging formats of

the products marketed under those names or brands.

As a precautionary measure, it is recommended that people who have these oils in their homes refrain from consuming them and return them to the points of sale.

The start of the proceedings was carried out as part of an operation to

combat fraud in the sale of olive oil

, according to Aesan.

Conforms to The Trust Project criteria

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