May 21, 2014 | International News/Trends, Labelling, Olive Oil News
Now that common sense has been confirmed by a consumer survey that traffic light labelling is confusing and misleading, maybe the Department of Health (DH) should sit up, take stock and review its strategy on healthy eating.
May 21, 2014 | International News/Trends, Olive Oil News
Organizers said nearly 200,000 Japanese consumers joined 53 extra virgin olive oil exhibitors and expert olive oil tasters from ten countries to celebrate extra virgin olive oil quality for the third edition of Olive Japan, sponsored by the Olive Oil Sommelier...
May 21, 2014 | International News/Trends, Labelling, Olive Oil News
The election results are in for the new Olive Oil Commission of California’s inaugural board of directors. Commission directors will have the potential to influence the future of olive oil in the state as the group to recommend labelling and grading standards to the...
May 21, 2014 | International News/Trends, Labelling, Olive Oil News
Most of us have bought a product by mistake at some point, having mis-read the label: the wrong variant of a pack of biscuits, for example, or conditioner instead of shampoo. I certainly have – more than once. What we’ve done is make an assumption, based on our...
May 21, 2014 | International News/Trends, Olive Oil News
Olive oil imports are down about nine percent on last year in seven major markets outside Europe – a drop of 22,620 tons, according to new figures from the International Olive Council. That means the IOC estimate of a world surplus of 480,000 tons this season – just...
May 21, 2014 | International News/Trends, Olive Oil News
There are many many things to love about Lima, Peru; among them, the daily caress of the metropolis’s mild climate, the city’s Viceroyal and Baroque architecture, its mid 20th Century architecture, the fascinating Barranco neighborhood … But, for me, in Lima there is...
