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The 2012 AGM of OFA will now be held on Friday, July 20 from 3-5pm at the Sustain Show, Royal Hall of Industries, Moore Park, Sydney, NSW. Business will include the Directors’ activity report , audited accounts and the election of office bearers. All welcome. For bookings contact Naomi Cauley on ph: 07 3396 5746 or email: [email protected]
Read MoreCongratulations to Fair Go this week for a thorough, no-nonsense comparison of New Zealand extra virgin olive oil and the so-called European extra virgin olive oils sold in supermarkets, says Herald columnist Paul Holmes, who also declares his interest as a New Zealand producer of extra virgin olive oil.
The program sent 14 extra virgin olive oils bought at 14 supermarkets off to Australia for testing. The entire seven randomly-chosen European oils all failed to pass the extra virgin test.
A parliamentary push is on for greater protection of the local olive oil industry, calling for more transparent labelling to stop misleading information on imported olive oil products. NSW Nationals Senator John Williams spoke on the issue in the Senate recently, urging regulatory authorities to “act fast” and avoid the Australian olive industry’s potential decimation from “wrongdoing, misleading advertising and misleading labelling”. In his speech, Senator Williams also accused retail supermarket chains of continuing “to knowingly sell” extra-virgin olive oil products that are “misleading, deceptive and not allowed under Australian standards”.
Read MoreTesting by a NSW laboratory has found some bottles of extra virgin olive oil, sold in US supermarkets, are in fact half canola oil. Adjunct Professor with Australian Oils Research, Rod Mailer, says the testing had to be done at Wagga Wagga because the US didn’t have the right equipment. He says Australia has seen very similar contamination in olive oil imported from Europe. Dr Mailer says that, in two tests, the laboratory found up to 75% of the oil sent from the US would not have passed IOC standards.
Read MoreIn the world of olive oil there was no shortage of strong opinions and words to remember in 2011. Online news site the Olive Oil Times narrowed them down to the best, however, publishing a list of the 20 most memorable quotes from 2011 – including three from Australian olive industry members Amanda Bailey, Leandro Ravetti and Paul Miller.
Read MoreThe Australian Olive Association is predicting a 30 to 40 per cent increase in olive oil production in 2009. This encouraging growth of the industry has been underpinned by research and development done with the support of the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation (RIRDC).
Paul Miller, president of the Australian Olive Association, said research and development funded by RIRDC and other organisations represent one of the great strengths of Australian agriculture.
Read MoreDon’t miss your opportunity to be named the ‘best of the best’ in Australian Fine Food. The Royal Agricultural Society of NSW (RAS) is now accepting entries for the Spring 2008 Sydney Royal Fine Food Show to be held from 1-10 September 2008.
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