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On a unanimous, bipartisan vote, the Senate Agriculture Committee voted to support establishing a state commission to help coordinate efforts by California’s olive oil industry to fund research and improve olive oil grading and standards. “California’s olive oil industry has been growing exponentially over the past five years,” said Sen Lois Wolk, D-Davis, in a…
Olive oil, whether refined or virgin, can qualify as “100% Pure,” as long as it does not include the industrially processed combination of pits, skins or pulp known as Pomace, a federal judge ruled. In February, the North American Olive Oil Association sued the Hauppage, NY-based importer Kangadis Food Inc, which operates under the name…
A bill to establish the Olive Oil Commission of California, an industry-supported group that would fund research and improve olive oil grading and standards, is moving through the state legislature. It cleared its first hurdle earlier this month, receiving a 5-0 vote from the state Senate Agricultural Committee and is due to be heard Monday…
A financial clamp on the activities of olive oil’s peak body – the International Olive Council – could end at the end of May when a new attempt is made to pass its budget for 2013. All other matters that were on the agenda when its Council of Members lost quorum at what was meant…
Deoleo, the world’s biggest olive oil company, says American consumers have helped offset a fall in its sales due to belt-tightening by Spanish and Italian households. In its latest annual report and first quarter results for 2013, the Madrid-based company also revealed plans to follow last month’s opening of its own sales office in China…
The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control will soon begin offering repurposed barrels to help people conserve water for gardening, washing cars and other uses. The News Journal (https://delonline.us/ZWdnAP ) reports barrels that were once used to import olives and pickles to the country will be repurposed at low cost. Barrels typically sell…
“The best news for the Andalusian economy in a long time,” is how one Spanish journalist summarized approval for the deal between Deoleo, global leader in sales of bottled olive oil, and Hojiblanca, the biggest producer of extra virgin olive oil.
Standing at 543 600 tonnes, Spanish olive oil production in the first four months of 2012/13 was 62% down on the previous season, according to Spain’s Olive Oil Agency. Producer prices on the Spanish marketplace have experienced a reasonable, logical increase. Olive Oil Agency surveys have in fact revealed that they have been excessively low…
Spain dribbled out less than 49,000 tons of olive oil in February, about a third of its production the same month last year and a fifth of that in the previous three years. As it nears the end of its worst harvest in a decade, the total production for the five months since October was…
A growing body of science unraveling exactly why olives are so healthy – coupled with a new wave of olive-polyphenol ingredients targeting food and beverage makers – is prompting a resurgence of interest in one of the oldest ‘heart-friendly’ foods in town.