Latest Industry News
2015 NZ EVOO Awards
Planning is coming together well for the 2015 NZ EVOO Awards, with the first details just released. Early news includes: Flavoured Oils – two classes for flavoured oils have been added, with Bronze, Silver, Gold, Best in Class and Best Flavoured Oil in Show awards on...
Oil’s well?
Food and drink research firm Campden BRI has been chosen by the Rural Payments Agency to carry out authenticity testing of olive oil. Authenticity of food and drink products and ingredients has become steadily more important to the consumer - and hence to regulatory...
SA Micro Finance Fund
Businesses in South Australia can currently apply for assistance through the SA Micro Finance Fund (SAMFF). The project aims to make South Australia more globally competitive by enhancing its innovation capabilities through entrepreneurship: by supporting businesses...
How is oil tasting done?
Although olive oil is thousands of years old, it's only recently that it's come to be considered a gourmet product. The varieties of this essential element of Mediterranean cuisine are constantly increasing. The type of olive, the climate of the place that the olives...
37,000 drug pills stuffed inside olives seized: PSD
(A Jordanian) anti-narcotics team arrested a suspect who tried to smuggle 37,000 drug pills by stuffing these skillfully in olives. The Public Security Department (PSD) Media Center said the culprit removed the olive stones, stuffed the psychotropic pills instead and...
