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An international research project on olive oil authentication is to be launched late this year, or early the next, and funded by the European Union. Open to EU Members States and “any international co-operation in science and technology,” the terms of the study – part of the Horizon 2020 program – will be guided by…
The unfavorable weather conditions of the previous period had a tragic impact on the crops of olive producers this year, regardless of the olive variety (Kalamon Olive, Chondrolia of Chalkidiki etc). At first sight, losses reach a percentage of 80-90%.
Indian olive oil imports rose by 66% to 11,916 tonnes in 2012-13 despite rise in global prices, an industry body said on Tuesday. “India imported 11,916.76 tonnes in the year ending March 2013 as compared to 7,163.08 tonnes in March 2012, producing a never-before-seen increase of 66.36%,” the Indian Olive Association said in a statement.
A company has been issued with $20,000 of infringement notices for selling canola oil that it labelled as extra virgin olive oil. The ACCC has fined MOI International for selling the oil, which says on the front of the container ‘Extra Virgin Olive Oil’ and ‘100% Olive Oil’. In fine print on the side of…
She is 72 and if you ask Gesine Owen she is “slowly, slowing down” but she is arguably the only one who’d describe her life that way. Truth is this dynamic Inglewood woman, who is the force behind the successful organic operation, Coolmunda Olives, has actually expanded her role over the past year. But she…
Western Victorian olive yields are down about 50%, but quality is up. A dry growing season, with little spring and summer rain, has meant the berries are about half the normal size. But Greg Matthews, from Toscana Olives at Laharum, just west of the Grampians, says when yields are down the flavour of the oil…
It’s a nervous time for Nelson olive growers as they try to beat the onset of winter, and the birds, to harvest what is expected to be a record crop. Ideally, Peter Coubrough wanted to wait a couple of weeks before starting picking on his small grove on the Waimea estuary near Mapua to allow…
The call is out for people to help with the Blenheim Returned Services Association’s annual olive harvest. Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology tutor Don Cross has volunteered to be the co-ordinator and says the trees were planted 18 years ago as a memorial to fallen soldiers. Olive oil made with the harvested fruit is sold…
Moves to ban olive oil jugs in restaurants have been ridiculed but beyond the bureaucracy lies a serious environmental and sustainability issue. The latest European Commission controversy arose from an attempt to impose Europe-wide regulations on how olive oil is served in restaurants. Apart from what this all says about the EU, what does it…
The United States docked two in every five tons of olive oil imported globally in the first six months of this season, according to the latest market newsletter from the International Olive Council. And the huge American market continues to swell – with total imports of olive oil and olive pomace oil for October 2012-March…