Food safety authority warns bacteria threatens olive trees across Europe

Following the recent epidemic of Xylella fastidiosa in the Apulia region of south Italy which affected several thousands hectares of olive plantations, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has warned that the bacterium could spread to olive groves across Europe.

We’ll look more closely at the disease, and the risk it may pose to our local industries, in a coming edition of Olivegrower & Processor.