Italy nears cruet ban of its own

The Senate, one of the two houses of the Italian Parliament, finally approved the EU regulation 2013 bis (S1533) which contains, among others, an important ruling about olive oil: article 19 requires the use of a mandatory “anti-topping” cap for olive oil bottles served in restaurants, thus banning the picturesque but unctuous cruets still used in many places, as well the “re-filled” extra virgin olive oil bottles where the content doesn’t match the label.