Italy arrests Mozzarella ‘King’

17/07/12 16:33 CET

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Italian police have arrested the country’s so-called Mozzarella King on suspicion of Mafia involvement. Officers also seized assets worth 100 million euros.

Investigators believe Guiseppe Mandara may also have added cows milk to the traditional buffalo milk used to make mozzarella and sold cheese contaminated by a broken machine.

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