Latest Industry News
Tunisian PM opens olive oil repacking plant
Food production in Qatar has crossed another milestone with the opening of a plant last week to repack olive oil and distribute more than 28 Tunisian products in the local market. Of note is that the oil is tested several times to ensure quality for consumers …
Vigilante farmers guard olive oil from thieves
Each week lately, roving gangs of olive oil thieves have attacked dozens of olive groves in Spain, and police can’t keep up, so Spanish farmers have banded together to create organised vigilante bands to protect the groves from thieves.
Processing seminar – book now
Don’t miss out on Olives New Zealand’s info-packed two day processing seminar, “How Processing Practice Impacts on Quality (e.g. Gold medals) and Quantity”. The intensive course is being held in Auckland on 7-8 April 2016 and will focus on best practice processing for...
Miller speaks at authenticity symposium
In his new role as AOA president emeritus, Paul Miller continues to take Australian industry expertise to a global audience. Miller will be presenting to a symposium on Authenticity of Olive Oil and other Vegetable Oils in Nuremburg, Germany in April 2006, presenting...
Consumer Group Prepares for Class Action in Wake of EVOO Fraud Scandal
The principle consumer rights organisation in Italy is encouraging shoppers who feel duped by buying oil olive from one of the major, mostly Spanish-owned brand names currently embroiled in the ‘fake’ EVOO controversy, to seek compensation.
