Articles Tagged | "olive oil standards"

Annual Chemists’ Meeting Shows Growing Interest in Olive Oil

by Alexandra Kicenik Devarenne

Olive oil is getting more attention in the scientific community of oil chemists who met in Montreal last week for their annual meeting.

Posted on May 07 2013

Codex Wants More Data on Engineered Soybean Oils

by Julie Butler

Bioetch giants Monsanto and DuPont will have to wait two years to seek a standard for genetically-engineered high-oleic soy bean oil.

Posted on March 25 2013

New World Fails in Push to Raise Campesterol Limit for Olive Oil

by Julie Butler

New World producers have again failed in a bid to raise the limit for campesterol in olive oil, which they say acts as a trade barrier.

Posted on March 22 2013

Olive Oil’s High-Oleic Rivals Mounting

by Julie Butler

Production of high-oleic acid soybean oil is set to rise 20-fold in less than five years and biotech giants expect demand to grow fast.

Posted on February 27 2013

New Olive Oil Certification at Hebrew University

by Naomi Tupper

Students at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem can earn a degree in "olive oil expertise."

Posted on February 19 2013

Australia Leads New Push to Raise Campesterol Limit for Olive Oil

by Julie Butler

New World producers are renewing a bid to raise the limit for campesterol in olive oil which they see as a trade barrier.

Posted on January 22 2013

Indian Olive Association Objects to Proposed Standards

by Vikas Vij

IOA objected to the mismatch between the standards proposed by FSSAI and those established by Codex and the International Olive Council.

Posted on January 07 2013

European Commission Calls Proposed Olive Oil Marketing Order ‘Unfair’

by Julie Butler

The E.U. Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht said a proposed U.S. marketing order for olive oil would cause unfair delays and costs.

Posted on November 28 2012

Australian Supermarket Adopts Standard, but Only for Private Label

by Charlie Higgins

Coles said it will phase out house branded olive oils that do not adhere to the standard by the end of this year. Local producers want more.

Posted on November 05 2012

European Commission Asked to Act on Threat of U.S. ‘Trade Barriers’

by Julie Butler

Concerns have been raised in the European Parliament about potential harm for E.U. exporters from the proposed U.S. marketing order.

Posted on November 02 2012

Spanish Producers Fear Imminent U.S. Import Restrictions

by Charlie Higgins

Spanish olive oil producers are up in arms over the “unfair” and “absurd” marketing order being considered in the United States Congress.

Posted on October 24 2012

USITC Stalking the Olive Groves

by Virginia Brown Keyder

Hopefully the USITC report will be used to support long-term goals, not only the short-term interests of U.S. olive oil producers.

Posted on October 14 2012

The USITC Investigation of the Olive Oil Market: Thoughts from Legal Experts

by Peter Koenig

An expert analysis of the United States International Trade Commission's olive oil investigation.

Posted on October 10 2012

Trade Commission Investigates Olive Oil Industry ‘Competitiveness’

by Nancy Flagg

The global competitiveness of the U.S. commercial olive oil industry will be the subject of a U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) investigation.

Posted on October 04 2012

Olive Oil Importers Lobby Congress to Oppose Marketing Order

by Curtis Cord

A new group called the Alliance for Quality Standards is urging lawmakers to oppose the adoption of an olive oil marketing order proposed by California producers.

Posted on August 18 2012

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