that cannot be subdued or overcome, as persons, will, or courage; unconquerable: an indomitable warrior. Origin of indomitable.
Published: December 9, 1981. MADRID, Dec. 8â A scandal involving adulterated cooking oil, which has killed 215 persons in Spain since last spring, has brought the nation's seafood canning industry to the verge of collapse. Although no poisonous oil has been found in 18,000 spot-checks of canned seafood, consumers' confidence has been shattered.
But the industry association representing Italian olive oil producers said the fraud was the tip of the iceberg. It added, however, that a new law on mandatory labelling was proving effective. The latest scandals have caused intense embarrassment to a nation that prides itself on the purity of its foodstuffs.