How a Chilean raspberry scam dodged food safety controls from China to Canada

Submitted by Elsewhere on 2020-Oct-07 Wed 08:43

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2020-Oct-07 Wed 08:43

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In January 2017, Chilean Customs inspectors acted on a tip from a whistleblower: The country’s prized crop of raspberries was under threat. Inspectors raided the offices of Frutti di Bosco, a little-known fruit trading company on the second floor of a tower block in downtown Santiago. The files, company…

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