Annual Chemists’ Meeting Shows Growing Interest in Olive Oil
Olive oil is getting more attention in the scientific community of oil chemists who met in Montreal last week for their annual meeting.
Olive oil is getting more attention in the scientific community of oil chemists who met in Montreal last week for their annual meeting.
Bioetch giants Monsanto and DuPont will have to wait two years to seek a standard for genetically-engineered high-oleic soy bean oil.
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.
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.
Students at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem can earn a degree in "olive oil expertise."
New World producers are renewing a bid to raise the limit for campesterol in olive oil which they see as a trade barrier.
IOA objected to the mismatch between the standards proposed by FSSAI and those established by Codex and the International Olive Council.
The E.U. Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht said a proposed U.S. marketing order for olive oil would cause unfair delays and costs.
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.
Concerns have been raised in the European Parliament about potential harm for E.U. exporters from the proposed U.S. marketing order.
Spanish olive oil producers are up in arms over the “unfair” and “absurd” marketing order being considered in the United States Congress.
Hopefully the USITC report will be used to support long-term goals, not only the short-term interests of U.S. olive oil producers.
An expert analysis of the United States International Trade Commission's olive oil investigation.
The global competitiveness of the U.S. commercial olive oil industry will be the subject of a U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) investigation.
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.