date:Apr 28, 2014
Customs officers have seized 5,200 oranges with suspected forged Sunkist labels in the first case of counterfeit oranges in Hong Kong. The fruit was seized from two Yuen Long stalls after the buyer complained they tasted sourer than the real thing and had thicker skins.
The genuine and counterfeit oranges look similar except for their label stickers - the real ones are made of plastic while the fakes are printed on paper, said Lam Yau-tak, commander of the Customs and Excise Department's intell