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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.
Manufacturers can test the Listeria-killing potential of heat treatments in factories by using the enzyme amylase to simulate the behavior of the pathogen, scientists have discovered.
The olive was first domesticated in the Eastern Mediterranean between 8,000 and 6,000 years ago, according to new research. The findings, published on February 5 in the journal Proceedings of…