International News/Trends
Kangadis Food Inc, the olive oil company being sued by the North American Olive Oil Association (NAOOA) has admitted that, “at all relevant times prior” to the lawsuit, its Capatriti…
A federal judge in New York gave Kangadis Foods, the marketer of Capatriti brand olive oils two choices: either recall its “100% Pure Olive Oil” products, or apply stickers to…
The spectacular surge in demand for olive oil in developed and emerging markets beyond the Mediterranean will last at least the next five years, largely driven by health interests, a…
The consumer information department of the Upper-Austrian Chamber of Labour (Arbeiterkammer, AK) has criticised a lack of clear information on olives which have been artificially coloured. According to the chamber,…
When the label on a bottle of olive oil misrepresents what’s inside, shoppers may not be getting what they thought they paid for. Mislabeling is also of concern to chefs,…
Alleged price manipulation by olive oil distributors should be probed by Spain’s competition watchdog, one of the country’s main farm unions says. COAG said its lawyers were preparing data to…
The New Zealand Organic Market Report 2012, launched in March 2013, shows that the NZ domestic and export organic sector has grown in value by around 25% in the past…
With its harvest now basically over and a million tons below that of last season, the world’s leading olive oil producer imported more olive oil in March, and exported less,…