Nov 29, 2013 | International News/Trends, Uncategorised
Taiwan was informed by Spanish officials as early as 2009 that two local firms were selling adulterated cooking oils and passing them off as pure imports from Spain, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) confirmed Wednesday. FDA head Yeh Ming-kung said a review of...
Nov 29, 2013 | NZ, Uncategorised
From all accounts, flowering is looking excellent across most of New Zealand’s olive-growing regions. While it’s great to see, Olives New Zealand has issued a word of caution to growers not to allow over-cropping. “While this would result in a bumper harvest in 2014,...
Nov 29, 2013 | NZ, Uncategorised
New Zealand’s prime minister is looking to put his country’s relationship back on track with Thailand after the damaging botulism crisis in August by embarking on a trade visit of the Southeast Asian country over three days.
Nov 29, 2013 | Olive Oil News, Research, Uncategorised
The AOA will soon be disseminating a survey regarding the current R&D priorities, aiming to ensure that these are still relevant to levy payers today. CEO Lisa Rowntree said the plan was originally compiled in 2009, and in order to ensure that the IAC are making...
Nov 29, 2013 | Olive Oil News, Uncategorised
The AOA has also placed a generic “How to Choose an Olive Oil” full page colour advertisement in the December/January edition of the “Super Foods” magazine, which is on the stands now. Providing information on ‘Extra Virgin’, ‘fresh harvest’ and ‘Australian grown’,...
Nov 29, 2013 | EVOO, Olive Oil News, Uncategorised
The AOA has developed a television commercial featuring leading nutritionist Joanna McMillan, which will air between 1 –21 December. The 30-second commercial will be shown in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide during key programs including The Today Show,...
