[SPAM] Fake oregano being sold in Australia. Read now >>

CUSTOMERS are getting ripped off with less than half of dried oregano
products on supermarket shelves consisting of 100 per cent oregano, a
consumer group says.

 Choice says it tested samples of 12 oregano products and found seven of
them adulterated with olive and sumac leaves.
 MasterFoods, Woolworths Select, Coles, McCormick and Herbies Spices were
the only brands containing 100 per cent oregano leaves.
 Olive leaves and other ingredients were found in Aldi’s Stonemill
product, Master of Spices, Hoyt’s, Spice & Co, Menora, Spencers and G.
Fresh.
 Oregano leaves made up less than 10 per cent of the Master of Spices
product, and accounted for only 11-50 per cent of the other brands’
products.
 “Dried oregano is a staple in the spice rack of many Australians.
It’s important that we get what we’re paying for,” Choice said.
 “There is clearly a major problem in the oregano supply chain in
Australia, which also raises the question about other herbs and spices
entering the Australian market.”
 The probe into the $115 million herbs and spices market came after a UK
food fraud study last year revealed almost 25 per cent of dried oregano
products in the market were tainted with other ingredients.
 The results have been referred to consumer watchdog ACCC which is
conducting its own investigations.
 Choice says Aldi has offered a refund to customers for the tainted
product sold between January 2015 and March 2016, while Spice & Co said
the adulteration must have occurred earlier in the supply chain.



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