International News/Trends
With expanding production and international recognition, Uruguay’s emerging olive oil sector has seen steady growth since 2002, and this year is no exception. Reports indicate that the tiny agrarian country…
The production of table olives increases year by year, on average from 5% to 6%, states the director of agricultural statistics of the Minister of Agricolture and Rural Development, Hocine…
(Hong Kong) shoppers are being misled by Chinese labels that claim pomace olive oil is pure olive oil, the Consumer Council said. Of the 11 products labeled in English as…
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Consumer insights in diverse olive oil markets were shared by trade experts at the Terra Creta international olive oil conference held in Crete last month. From the United States to…
A minimum number of tests on olive oil authenticity would have to conducted each year in the European Union under proposed anti-fraud measures before a European Commission committee. And EU…
The Indian Olive Association (IOA) held its 5th Annual Session in New Delhi on November 1. VN Dalmia, president of IOA, said India’s olive oil imports had grown by nearly…
A con man passed off some 25 tons of industrial olive oil as edible, commercial oil, and distributed it in Israeli grocery stores, until he was caught in a raid…