Feb 28, 2014 | Olive Oil News, Research, Seminars/Conference
Anyone who buys olive oil will want to consider a new course offered by the International Olive Oil School, the online educational venture established by Olive Oil Times to foster knowledge about all aspects of olive oil. The newest addition to the school’s expanding...
Feb 7, 2014 | International News/Trends, Olive Oil News, Research
Campden BRI has been chosen by the Rural Payments Agency to carry out chemical testing to ensure the authenticity of olive oil imported into the UK. The analysis will be carried out at Campden BRI’s state-of-the-art laboratories at its headquarters in Chipping...
Jan 24, 2014 | International News/Trends, Research
British biotech firm Oxitec hopes a world-first field trial of its genetically-modified olive fly will still go ahead in Catalonia this year despite recently withdrawing its application for the experiment. There were Spanish media reports that the trial had been...
Jan 13, 2014 | International News/Trends, Research
Spanish olive oil production is predicted to more than double in 2013-14, more than making up for falling output in Tunisia and Greece, Oil World said. Spain’s pressed volume of the oil used for cooking and salad dressings is seen at 1.66 million metric tons...
Dec 31, 2013 | International News/Trends, Olive Oil News, Research
Olive oil and olive pomace oil imports to India in the first half of the fiscal were 5650 metric tonnes (MT), up from 5073 MT in the previous fiscal, registering a growth rate of 11.40%. While Q-1 (April-June) registered a growth of 25%, Q-2 (June-September) had a...
Dec 31, 2013 | International News/Trends, Olive Oil News, Research
New York’s first “early harvest release,” hosted by De Medici Imports at the headquarters for the National Association for the Specialty Food Trade, welcomed olive oil producers, experts, chefs, and writers to taste new oils from the Mediterranean’s first harvest this...
