Table olive producer signatories to the AOA Code of Practice have annual product testing obligations which may be satisfied through provision of product testing results from a NATA accredited laboratory, or through participation in the AOA National Table Olive Competition (or other complying competitions).
From 2014 AOA will require signatories to provide, as a minimum, evidence of testing for a number of parameters in accordance with The Voluntary Industry Standard for Table Olives in Australia (RIRDC 2012) – view here. The testing requirements will be applied to future AOA National Table Olive Competitions and other table olive competitions will be encouraged to adopt these standards. For more information contact AOA Code of Practice administrator Peter McFarlane via email: peter@mc.com.au or ph: 08 83762161.
