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Registration is also now open for the AOA’s two-day Olive Oil Processing Workshop, being held at the same location on 20-21 March, prior to the field day. Olive oil production expert Pablo Canamasas will run the hands-on workshop and sharing his skills on production techniques and oil quality. For registration forms or more information contact Leana Head on 08 8573 6545 or [email protected].
New Rural Industries Australia (NRIA) is holding its 2012 national conference on 19-20 April at the Mercure Hotel and Conference Centre, Ballarat, Victoria. Entitled Rural enterprise, innovation and change, the two-day conference will feature keynote speakers, forums, workshops, gala dinner and a fashion show. Delegate, exhibitor and sponsorship registration is now open through the NRIA website www.nria.org.au/conference, with early bird discounts available.
A reminder about the Olives New Zealand Extraordinary General Meeting, being held on Saturday, 24 March at the Sudima Airport Hotel, Auckland. The business is to adopt the proposed new Constitution. The meeting will start at 9am sharp. View the new Constitution https://www.olivesnz.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Constitution-approved-by-Executive-December-2011.pdf.
California’s ripe olive growers have a significant impact on the state’s economy, yielding nearly $493.6 million in annual economic activity – or nearly $1.4 million each day of the year – as a result of grower spending, according to a newly released report commissioned by the California Olive Committee (COC) and conducted by Tootelian & Associates.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is aiming to publish a proposed rule to reform the Nutrition Facts panel and related rules by the end of this year, somewhat later than originally expected.
This ruling, which had been expected in 2011, will no doubt affect labels on imported products, so it’s an important planning consideration for anyone involved in exporting to the US – Ed.
Olive oil has been getting a lot of bad press lately. Thanks to the release of Tom Mueller’s book, Extra Virginity: The Sublime and Scandalous World of Olive Oil, recent allegations of fraud in Italy and Spain, and of substandard oil in Australia, its quality has been called into question globally. Olive Oil Times recently asked the International Olive Council what it is doing to prevent fraud and protect olive oil’s image.
The Nigerian National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has uncovered an alleged maker of fake Goya Olive oil. The discovery of the shop in Oja-tutu in the the Kwara State capital followed a two-day enforcement by the agency. The agency said its regulatory officers met the suspects illegally removing and relabelling different brands as well as unbranded vegetable oil products with fake Goya Olive oil labels.
The AOA has announced preliminary details of the 2012 National Olive Industry Conference & Trade Exhibition. The event will be held on Tuesday, 23 and Wednesday, 24 October 2012 in NSW, with further details regarding the location and venue to be announced. We’ll keep you updated as plans progress.
And a reminder about the Olives WA’s EVOO sensory training workshops on 24-25 March. Run by Richard Gawel, the workshops will cover the fundamentals of EVOO, and the effects of olive growing and processing methods on character and style. The courses will be presented in layman’s terms, and help participants to understand the key practical chemical indices of extra virgin olive oil. Level 1 will be held on the Saturday, followed by Level 2 on the Sunday. For more information contact Pauline North on [email protected] or phone WAOC on (08) 9381 7162.
Super high density (SDH) olive specialists Olint held their 1st Annual Olive Oil Conference in Dixon, California on January 19-20. Presenting a wealth of practical and relevant information to olive and olive oil industry members, the conference also encompassed a trade show featuring the latest in related products and services. Conference speakers included AOA president Paul Miller, who presented on International Market Data and the Australian Standards Process, and Agromillora’s Xavier Rius, who gave three papers – Evolution of the SHD olive, Soil type and suitability of SHD and Irrigation scheduling. All the presentations are available for public downloadhttps://www.agromillora-ca.com/presentations/