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Shoppers have been warned to beware of counterfeit olive oil – as criminal gangs exploit a disastrous Italian harvest by selling potentially dangerous bootleg bottles. A senior Italian food fraud investigator said that he has already seen evidence that criminals are moving into olive oil production and distribution.
They were two college friends just talking about going into business. “We were chatting together and thought we’d make a good team,” Rob McGavin recalls. “Olives seemed to be something we thought we could do well, but we probably didn’t imagine we’d do this well.” Boundary Bend is the company McGavin and Paul Riordan started,…
Italian farm associations accused France on Friday of starting a trade war by announcing a ban on imports of vegetables from the southern Puglia region because of a bacterial outbreak that has infected hundreds of thousands of olive trees.
Following a European Commission proposal to chop down 11 million olive trees in South Italy infected by Xylella fastidiosa (Xf), a meeting of experts from the 28 European Union (EU) member states in Brussels failed to reach a consensus on the measures to contain the spread of the bacterium. But France takes action …
Valoroso Foods founder and owner Joe Valoroso maintains his innocence, but he’s still apologizing. “We are nothing without our customers,” he told The Okanagan Saturday. “That is why I am apologizing to our customers for this inconvenience and guarantee we will investigate and rectify.”
A New South Wales-based olive processing and marketing company that has been operating for 15 years has collapsed into voluntary administration. Summerland Olive Products Australia was established in 2000 by a group of olive producers who specialise in producing table olives.
Planning is coming together well for the 2015 NZ EVOO Awards, with the first details just released. Early news includes: Flavoured Oils – two classes for flavoured oils have been added, with Bronze, Silver, Gold, Best in Class and Best Flavoured Oil in Show awards on offer. Flavoured oils from either the 2014 or 2015…
Food and drink research firm Campden BRI has been chosen by the Rural Payments Agency to carry out authenticity testing of olive oil. Authenticity of food and drink products and ingredients has become steadily more important to the consumer – and hence to regulatory authorities – in recent years.
Businesses in South Australia can currently apply for assistance through the SA Micro Finance Fund (SAMFF). The project aims to make South Australia more globally competitive by enhancing its innovation capabilities through entrepreneurship: by supporting businesses looking to take new ideas through to production and sales, the SAMFF aims to generate export revenue and growth. The SAMFF offers…
Although olive oil is thousands of years old, it’s only recently that it’s come to be considered a gourmet product. The varieties of this essential element of Mediterranean cuisine are constantly increasing. The type of olive, the climate of the place that the olives are cultivated, the extraction method; these are only some of the…