Jan 4, 2016 | International News/Trends, Olive business, Olive Oil News
The Prosecutor of Lecce, Cataldo Motta, with public prosecutors Elsa Valeria Mignone and Roberta Licci, issued an urgent seizure order, executed today by the State Forestry Corps, to prevent the further felling of olive trees ordered by the EU to combat the Xylella...
Jan 4, 2016 | International News/Trends, Olive business, Olive Oil News
The European Commission has sent Italy a letter as the first step of an infraction procedure, since “Italy is not fully respecting the obligations in the plan to eradicate Xylella,” Enrico Brivio, the European Commission spokesman for health and food safety, said....
Jan 4, 2016 | International News/Trends, Olive business, Olive Oil News
Rajneesh Bhasin, the president of the Indian Olive Association and managing director of Borges India, said there is a growing interest among his country’s 1.25 billion people in the health benefits of olive oil and a trend away from the high-heat techniques that...
Jan 4, 2016 | International News/Trends, Olive Oil News
This year’s olive harvest has practically come and gone in Spain, where lack of rain and spring-like temperatures have shortened a process that usually could extend as late as January or February.
Jan 4, 2016 | International News/Trends, Labelling, Olive business, Olive Oil News
Since 2012, an agricultural trade agreement with Morocco has permitted duty-free imports of dozens of Moroccan products into the EU. This has included agricultural and fishery products, and olive oil of every category. Last week, an EU court annulled the agreement,...
Jan 4, 2016 | International News/Trends, Labelling, Olive business, Olive Oil News
A definition of ‘artisan’ products is urgent, says one food law expert, as an Italian court cracks down on two crisps manufacturers falsely claiming to be artisanal.
