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Most European consumers think origin is an important factor when making food purchasing decisions, according to a new report from The European Consumer Organisation (BEUC).
Google “olive oil” and “jeans” and many results address stain removal. But Wrangler has generated buzz in Europe this month with women’s jeans deliberately infused with the popular vegetable oil. Its Denim Spa range includes jeans with an olive extract finish “for moisturization”. There’s also an aloe vera model “to soothe sensitive skin” and an…
A potentially dangerous wave of food fraud affecting everything from olive oil to tuna, spices and pomegranate juice has been exposed. Extra virgin olive oil is being diluted with cheaper vegetable oil, while tea bags might be bulked up with lawn grass or fern leaves, according to US researchers. Now that they’re onto it, this…
Of humble origins, like those of the people who have been farming it for centuries, the Manzanilla Cacereña olive is one of the most prized varietals among all those existing in Spain. At present, it is used with equally excellent results by both the seasoning and the olive oil extraction industry. In both fields, there…
Debate over what information should appear on olive oil bottles – and how prominently – continues in Europe as the European Commission drafts promised new labeling laws. The EC has not made its proposals public, but they are said to include rules on positioning and font size. For example, requiring details of origin to appear…
The American Botanical Council announced recently that Natac, a Spanish natural products company, has agreed to sponsor ABC’s information on olives through its Adopt-an-Herb Program.
EU health claim laws that have banned the use of terms like probiotics and antioxidants because they are deemed to be implied claims, are “absurd”, a pressure group has said.
Reusable olive oil cruets would effectively be banned in restaurants and cafes across the European Union from next year, under proposed changes before the European Commission. The draft amendments also show the EC favors new rules on when harvest dates can appear on olive oil labels and the minimum size of lettering for certain label…
Tom Mueller, whose investigations of the olive oil industry for The New Yorker and his 2011 book, “Extra Virginity, the Sublime and Scandalous World of Olive Oil,” helped give rise to a global discussion of olive oil quality, has stirred a new debate on his blog, this time over his critical look at an American…
Studies tackling pathogens and contaminants, both organic and inorganic, are highlighted in the UK’s Food Standards Agency’s (FSA’s) list of 2013 research priorities.