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To: Joe S Pack who wrote (51109)	6/8/2009 11:16:36 PM
From: George Statham	1 Recommendation Respond to of 218722

Much more serious than this amusing orange story. But it makes you wonder how pervasive these fakes are. digitaljournal.com There's a strange twist to the “Israeli oranges to Iran” story: the oranges are not the special “Jaffa Orange” variety but rather Chinese oranges with fake Israeli labels. Previously, it was reported that Jaffa oranges were sold widely in markets and stores in Tehran, the capital city of Iran, without the expressed approval of Iranian officials. The officials then confiscated the unsold oranges. The oranges had the specially marked “Jaffa orange” label in a Chinese box. Jaffa orange is also called "Shamouti orange". But today Israeli officials confirmed the oranges were not “Jaffa”; rather they were imported directly from China with fake Israeli labels. Whoever imported it did so because the “Jaffa orange” variety is extremely popular in Iran, according to one Israeli official. Tal Amit, the general manager of Israel’s Citrus Marketing Board told BBC the orange fruit didn’t come from his country. First of all, it's a bit annoying that somebody is using our brand name and registered trademark without our permission. Amit recommends Iranians to eat the original fruit from Israel instead of the fake variety from China. He added: But the politics is not allowing us to do any commercial relations with Tehran at the moment while back 30 to 40 years ago, Tehran was a superb market for our fruit. Because of trade restrictions with Iran and other Muslim countries, Israel primarily exports “Jaffa orange” to Asian countries such as Japan and South Korea. BBC believes because of the popularity of the oranges in Asian market, Chinese exporters might have faked the oranges.