Governor signs Wolk legislation to keep olive oil labeling truthful

Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law Senate Bill 65, legislation by Senator Lois Wolk, D-Solano, changing an outdated labeling law that enabled olive oils to say they were produced in California, or a region of California. “As California’s olive oil industry continues to grow, it is critical that labels accurately reflect the product consumers are buying,” Wolk said, who chairs the Agriculture Subcommittee on Olive Oil Production and Emerging Products.