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Garlic - It is said to have health properties that cure the common cold, lower cholesterol and blood pressure, it is antiseptic and anti-fungal, it can be found in all sorts of foods from beer to milkshakes, soup to dessert, and it is a key ingredient in the Mediterranean Diet, but are all garlics equal? And what is done to imported garlic before it can be sold in Australia. We speak to garlic guru David Jones of Mirboo Farm in eastern Victoria (www.mirboofar,.com.au), founder of the annual Meeniyan Garlic Festival in February.