International News/Trends
Counterfeit certification labels, such as fake organic or protected designation of origin (PDO) labels, continues to be a major problem for the European food industry, according to a report by…
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Five suspects have been arrested for changing production dates on foreign olive oil brands whose expiry dates were about to run out. Police said yesterday that by doing so the…
Read MoreFor the first time, Italy is no longer the leading producer of extra virgin olive oil, with the country having now been surpassed by both Spain and Greece. The findings…
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The future of agriculture is fast approaching and could dramatically affect olive oil production costs. Abundant Robotics in Hayward, California is prototyping a fruit-picker that employs artificial intelligence to determine…
Read MoreThe Croatian island of Brač is set to host the 1st World Championship in Olive Picking in October. The event aims to gather people from olive-producing regions from around the…
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A deadly bacteria that infected thousands of olive trees in Italy has been detected for the first time in mainland Spain, the world’s top producer of olive oil, a regional…
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Earlier this year, Taiwan’s intellectual property court sentenced Taiwan billionaire Wei Yin-Chun, 60, to two years in jail. The former chairman of food producer Wei Chuan was convicted of defrauding…
Read MoreDogs may not like Canada Day fireworks, but Brenda Mallory says they love healthy olive oil. FOE editor Gerri Nelligan can vouch for this: a daily dose of fresh SA…
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