Bad olive harvest in Europe leads to Canadian crackdown on olive oil

There’s been bad weather and fires in parts of Europe where olives are grown, so there’s been a bad harvest there this year. And that means the cost of olive oil has been shooting up - which could present some temptation for olive oil producers to lower the quality of their products to compensate for that.

So now, the Canadian government is keeping a close eye on olive oil producers to make sure that doesn’t happen.

Dr. Aline Dimitri is the Executive Director and the Deputy Chief Food Safety Officer at Canada's Food Safety Science Directorate.

Guest: Dr. Aline Dimitri

Executive Director and Deputy Chief Food Safety Officer at Canada's Food Safety Science Directorate

There’s been bad weather and fires in parts of Europe where olives are grown, so there’s been a bad harvest there this year. And that means the cost of olive oil has been shooting up - which could present some temptation for olive oil producers to lower the quality of their products to compensate for that.

So now, the Canadian government is keeping a close eye on olive oil producers to make sure that doesn’t happen.

Dr. Aline Dimitri is the Executive Director and the Deputy Chief Food Safety Officer at Canada's Food Safety Science Directorate.

Guest: Dr. Aline Dimitri

Executive Director and Deputy Chief Food Safety Officer at Canada's Food Safety Science Directorate