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Eurofins is ‘still experiencing’ a significant level of meat species testing one year on from the horse meat scandal and this has expanded into olive oil and honey, ‘which is…
In 2013, the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel (SPNI) published a survey of mature trees in Jerusalem that was “the most comprehensive of the recent SPNI surveys,…
Moscow’s Metropol luxury hotel was recently chosen as the location for the First Chilean Olive Oil Exhibition, where attendants had a chance to sample a range of Chilean olive oil…
The Kingdom has established an olive complex in Al-Jouf, with more than 30 of the world’s most important and popular varieties, to provide seeds and technical expertise to farmers in…
British biotech firm Oxitec hopes a world-first field trial of its genetically-modified olive fly will still go ahead in Catalonia this year despite recently withdrawing its application for the experiment.…
The world’s most expensive spice, saffron, shows promise as an income boost for the olive oil producers of Les Garrigues, in the province of Lerida in western Catalonia. With prices…
When California-based Cre-Agri, Inc, self-styled world leader in olive-phenol dietary supplements, sued its competitor, Pinnaclife, Inc, for infringement of two of its basic patents before the District Court of the…
With World Cup fervor quickly escalating and an important presidential election on the horizon, it seems all eyes will be on Brazil in 2014, the olive oil industry included. Latin…
The 2014 Olives NZ Conference is being held in Wellington on Saturday, 22 March. The focus of the conference is marketing and sales, with keynote speakers including Richard Shirtcliffe of…
The Annual General Meeting for Olives New Zealand will be held at the Brentwood Hotel, Wellington on Saturday, 22 March. Key dates are: • 20 January – notice of AGM, call…