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The very first 2015 volunteer project in Turkey welcomes you to collect olives in a natural environment. Math village is a math summer school located in the nature which owns over 1000 olive trees and harvests about 20 tons of olives per year. The oil produced from the collected olives is used in the kitchen…
Fino Olive Oil is recalling all bottles of six varieties of its infused olive oil as a precautionary measure. This is because the effectiveness of process controls that could potentially affect the safety of infused olive oil products produced by the company cannot be demonstrated satisfactorily. The FSA has issued a Product Recall Information Notice.
Fino Olive Oil is recalling all bottles of six varieties of its infused olive oil as a precautionary measure. This is because the effectiveness of process controls that could potentially affect the safety of infused olive oil products produced by the company cannot be demonstrated satisfactorily. The FSA has issued a Product Recall Information Notice.
The chalices that transport our liquid gold can often be as unique-in-shape as the flavors that lie within. But what about the shape of the oil itself? We’re not talking molecular structure or organic chemistry. Two products released this month are bringing innovation in the way that we consume our olive oil.
The UK government has promised action on food laboratories and supply chain audits following the publication of a long-awaited report assessing food integrity.
The University of Andalusia is holding a two day long seminar covering recent innovations in olive growing, focusing on the impact of bacterial diseases. The seminar, which will be held on October 3 and 4 at the University’s Antonio Machado International Campus in Baeza, Jaén will explore new developments in many aspects of olive cultivation.
Spain, Italy and Greece are the three big names you might think of when it comes to olive oil. But Argentina? If ambitions of the governments of Morocco and Argentina are realized, the big names in “liquid gold” just might have some fresh faces.
European Union countries supply 90% of China’s imports. Imports of virgin olive oil have recorded season-on-season growth, increasing their share from 82% in 2010/11 to 84% in 2011/12 and 88% in 2012/13. Chinese imports of olive oil and olive pomace increased exponentially between the 2001/02 and 2011/12 crop years but contracted 6% between 2011/12 and…
Food historians like to say that if you follow the food, you will discover the history of the world. Indeed, wars have been fought over salt, herring and spices. Now California has incited an international skirmish over how the state’s olive oil industry would prefer to measure the quality of its product.
A research project at the University of Louisiana at Monroe looking at the natural compounds of olive oil has made remarkable progress in the field of cancer research. Under the direction of professor of pharmacy Khalid El Sayed, Katherine Gary, a fourth-year student, has been recognized as the first person to isolate oleocanthal in olive…