Feb 16, 2016 | International News/Trends, Olive business
SSAFE and PwC have created a tool to help companies assess food fraud vulnerabilities saying not all current food safety management systems are designed for fraud detection or mitigation.
Feb 16, 2016 | Diet/Food, International News/Trends, Olive business, Olive Oil News
Do you live in Peru and eat garlic? Onions? Olives? Then you might be interested in this bit of news. The Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation (Minagri) announced they will be intensifying actions to prepare for the deficit of rains in southern Peru.
Feb 16, 2016 | International News/Trends, Olive business, Olive Oil News
The arrival of this season’s freshly pressed extra virgin olive oils and the latest scandals are food for thought on the newest PDOs (Protected Designations of Origin) and PGIs (Protected Geographical Indications) in Italy. In Basilicata, producers gathered to sell...
Feb 16, 2016 | International News/Trends, Olive business, Olive Oil News
This should be a good year for Greek olive oil, with 250,000 to 260,000 metric tonnes likely to be produced, according to Grigoris Antoniadis, the president of the Greek Association of Industries and Processors of Olive Oil (Sevitel) and corporate communications...
Feb 16, 2016 | International News/Trends, Olive business, Uncategorised
Encouraged with the success of olive cultivation, the Punjab government has initiated a five-year programme for planting olive on a wide scale in the Potohar region. Under the plan, it is envisaged to plant some 2,038,600 olive trees on 15,100 acres of land in Attock,...
Feb 16, 2016 | International News/Trends, Olive business
A report dedicated to mafia involvement in Italian agriculture, and especially the olive oil sector, by CBS News magazine ‘60 Minutes’ on January 3, naturally raised various reactions.