UK readies for European ramp up of olive oil testing

One company alone controls 95% of olive oil bottling in the United Kingdom – a fact that may simplify the UK’s compliance with a new European Union olive oil testing regime. That company – understood to be Edible Oils Ltd, part of the Princes group – is among members of the UK’s olive oil sector that have until tomorrow to respond to a UK government call for feedback on implementation of the new verification system.