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A minimum number of tests on olive oil authenticity would have to conducted each year in the European Union under proposed anti-fraud measures before a European Commission committee. And EU…
Read MoreThe Indian Olive Association (IOA) held its 5th Annual Session in New Delhi on November 1. VN Dalmia, president of IOA, said India’s olive oil imports had grown by nearly…
Read MoreA con man passed off some 25 tons of industrial olive oil as edible, commercial oil, and distributed it in Israeli grocery stores, until he was caught in a raid…
Read MoreSpanish olive oil output has doubled in the last 10 years, but ongoing drought and climate change may mean a setback for the global leader in ‘liquid gold’ production. Spain…
Read MoreTwo more regions of Greece, Messinia and Chalkidiki, have submitted applications to the European Commission for a ‘Protected Designation of Origin’ (PDO) label for their extra virgin olive oil. Messinia…
Read MoreOlive trees in the Jerusalem garden revered by Christians as the place where Jesus Christ prayed before he was crucified have been dated to at least 900 years old, a…
Read MoreA Spanish consumer organization which says that nine out of 34 extra virgin olive oils it tested were really virgin grade, and one was lampante, is standing by its claims…
Read MoreConcerns about potential harm for European exporters from the proposed United States olive oil marketing order have been raised in the European Parliament by one of its Spanish Members. In…
Read MoreIn a few weeks, a public hearing will be held in Washington by the United States International Trade Commission on the “competition conditions” between American olive oil producers and major…
Read MoreOlive oil lovers will soon be fully informed about where their oil was produced, after the competition watchdog acted on country-of-origin labels for the food. Australian Competition and Consumer Chairman…
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