Apr 6, 2017 | International News/Trends, Olive business, Olive Oil News
More than 200,000 checks were carried out by Italian authorities in 2016 to fight food crimes and lead the country to the highest level of food safety in the world. This was the finding from the fifth report on agri-food crimes by the Italian farmers’ group...
Apr 6, 2017 | Environment, International News/Trends, Olive Oil News
The oldest olive oil press in Anatolia has been discovered in the ancient city of Lyrboton Kome in Antalya, but archaeologists have expressed special excitement at revelations that many of the olive oil facilities and the town itself was founded by a woman. Proof that...
Apr 6, 2017 | Australia, Olive Oil News
A man who stole 72 litres of olive oil has been caught on camera wheeling his haul out in the bizarre theft. The thief struck at a Geelong Rd supermarket in Hoppers Crossing on New Year’s Day, playing 18 four-litre bottles cans of the oil into a trolley. A thief with...
Apr 6, 2017 | Australia, Diet/Food, International News/Trends, NZ, Olive Oil News, Olives and Health
We need to talk about that lame, fusty bottle of olive oil sitting next to your stove that you’ve been settling for way too long. Maybe you think you’re not into cooking enough to deserve nice oil. But trust me, you are. You’re worth it. Sage advice, which we...
Mar 30, 2017 | International News/Trends, Labelling, Olive Oil News
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie recently launched a gourmet brand of organic extra virgin olive oil, produced from olives grown on their French Estate, Château Miraval. 10,000 bottles of L’Huile d’Olive Miraval packaged in black stoneware bottles went on sale in a few of...
Mar 30, 2017 | International News/Trends, Olive business, Olive Oil News
A devaluation of the Egyptian pound is making the country’s olive oil exports more competitive in international markets. Demand for Egyptian Olive Oil Increases Following Currency...