Forget the IRS – there’s an olive-oil scandal afoot

We have an oil problem on our hands, and it has nothing to do with renewable energy and carbon emissions. When experts convened recently at the 104th American Oil Chemists’ Society annual meeting, there was heated debate over what to do about olive oil. Even though concerns over poor quality, mislabeling and downright fraud surfaced a few years ago, olive oil continues to be plagued with credibility issues, even as it finds its way into more American homes and even as countries around the globe attempt to set quality-control standards.