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Olive harvest underway

The Olive Press in Greytown was opened by Primary Industries minister Nathan Guy yesterday, and was expected to be busy over the coming months as growers in Wairarapa and Hawke’s Bay prepared to begin the olive harvest.

Olive oil authenticity testing underway in UK

A food and drink research firm has been chosen by the UK government to carry out authenticity testing on olive oil imported to the UK. Following the entry into force in the UK of the EU’s olive oil regulations in February 2014, the Rural Payments Agency (RPA), a UK...