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Italian food: now mafia free!

The Libera Terra label guarantees that wine, olive oil and pasta are free of mob connections.

By Irene Peroni — Special to GlobalPost
Published: October 29, 2009 07:09 ET

PALERMO, Italy — Wine, olive oil, pasta, tomato sauce: For such products, the Sicilian sun is itself a guarantee of quality. But those who market such delicacies under the label Libera Terra say their products come with a bonus — the “taste of freedom.â€