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First Southern Hemisphere Olive Oil Championship

Enrolment is now open for the 1st Southern Hemisphere Olive Oil Championship, the ANZSA Awards 2012. Held in Australia in conjunction with the 7th ARMONIA International Olive Oil Competition, the ANZSA competition is open to all olive growers, olive oil producers,...

… including new label award

ONZ Executive Officer says that the organisation has been extremely impressed at the labelling and presentation of oils submitted for certification this year. So much so that a new award for Best Label has been introduced to the 2012 Extra Virging Olive Oil Awards,...

MEA wins innovation grant

Industry supplier Measurement Engineering Australia Pty Ltd has received a $290,000 Early Stage Commercialisation grant from Commercialisation Australia for further development of its PWS System. The system is a new irrigation scheduling tool which uses a Plant Water...

Iron Age olives and pampered pets

Ongoing excavations at Silchester, Hamps. (CA 250) have uncovered the first evidence that Britain’s inhabitants were enlivening their meals with Mediterranean flavours before the Roman conquest – including Britain’s first Iron Age olive. Previously it was believed...

AOCS launches Olive Oil Sensory Panel Series

AOCS is pleased to add to its Laboratory Proficiency Program with the introduction of the AOCS Olive Oil Sensory Panel Proficiency Testing Series. The series, which launched last week, will allow participants to know where their sensory panel stands in comparison to...