Spain’s olive oil watchdog reports increase in violations

Spain’s olive oil watchdog conducted 941 inspections and took 420 olive oil samples from among the country’s 1,744 active olive oil mills during the 2011/12 season. And in its latest annual report, the Olive Oil Agency (AAO) said its checks also included visits to more than 770 packaging plants and reviews of stock movement records at 22 out of 24 active olive oil refineries in Spain.