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Members of Turkish Olive Oil Promotion Committee (ZZTK) took part in the Food Hospitality World, held in Mumbai from January 22 to 24 with the aim of growing Turkey’s market share of the huge market. The Turkish Consulate General in Mumbai gave high visibility to this participation, posting on its Facebook page pictures of the…
The third edition of the NYIOOC Conference will take a look at the cultural context of olive oil in today’s world by presenting the points of view of a decidedly disparate panel of speakers. Organizers of the annual olive oil summit, to be held April 15 at the International Culinary Center in New York, said…
Italy may have a shortage of extra virgin olive oil this year, but it will still have plenty of other products to export in the next months. The European country produces some of the finest wines and olive oils in the whole world, but let us say that it’s not just a matter of how…
The coastal town of Henties Bay in Namibia offers tourists an idyllic vacation with long stretches of clean beaches for walking and fishing as well as golf courses and tennis courts. Soon it will be offering olive oil produced from locally grown olives. In 2013, Henties Bay became home to 1,000 olive trees under a…
The Turkish brand Komili, which produces different types of oil for the Turkish consumer market, including extra virgin olive oil, is one company which is importing olive oil from other countries, mainly Tunisia.
The sensory evaluation certificate course is returning in June to the University of California at Davis Olive Center. The course has been offered regularly in the past, but this year marks the first time it will be extended to two separate sessions. Dan Flynn, executive director of the program, says that students of all levels…
The second edition of Olive Oil Without Borders, a project supported by USAID and the Near East Foundation to build economic cooperation in the olive oil sector between Israeli and Palestinian farmers and communities, was announced January 26 during a conference held in Kufr Rai, in West Bank, according to the Palestine Olive Council.
Over 10,000 visitors from around the world, 300 exhibitors and more then 90 different brands displayed and tasted by olive oil experts and enthusiasts. These are some of the figures from last year’s 8th edition of Olio Capitale, Italy’s most important exhibit fully dedicated to top-quality, extra virgin olive oil. And, organizers say, they are…
The International Olive Council (IOC) held the 23rd extraordinary session of its Council of Members on February 4 and 5. The outcome of the meeting included the adoption of several decisions related to the IOC standard for olive oils and pomace oils and the Codex standard, as well as revisions to its testing methods. The…
I have been reporting for over a year now on the controversy regarding the implementation of EU labeling regulation 432/2012 in Greece. It has been a Herculean task attempting to unravel this Gordian knot of misinformation and scientific obfuscation.