Forestry corps seizes 'fake' pasta

(ANSA) - Bari, February 19 - Members of the State Forestry Corps on Thursday seized roughly 1,400 kg of 'fake' pasta from an alleged producer based in the southern city of Bari and reported the owner for commercial fraud. The packaging displayed two Italian flags and the words "Pasta produced using durum wheat from Puglia", while the officers of the forestry corps believe it was made using durum wheat from Mexico, the United States and Canada.
    In addition, the pasta was not produced by the company in question but by another Bari producer and sold for double the purchase price. During the inspection the forestry agents also found pasta without the requisite information concerning its production and expiry date.