May. 6, 2013
Deoleo Calls for New Names for Olive Oil Grades
Spanish food giant Deoleo wants radical changes to the quality criteria and allowed category names and marketing claims for olive oil.
May. 2, 2013
Spain’s Olive Oil Farmers Call for Probe Into Price Manipulation
The farmers union COAG wants Spain's competition watchdog to probe alleged price manipulation by olive oil distributors.
May. 2, 2013
Spanish Olive Oil Gets €8 Million for New Promotional Campaigns
The European Commission has allocated €8 million to the promotion of Spanish olive oil throughout the Europe and other markets around the world.
May. 1, 2013 Business
United Nations Field Reports to Improve Olive Council Forecasts
Apr. 30, 2013 Africa / Middle East
Apr. 29, 2013 Production
Apr. 29, 2013 Business
Apr. 29, 2013 N. America
Court Finds Olive Oil Grades Mean Little to 'Ordinary' Consumers
Apr. 25, 2013
Spain Selling Less, Buying More Olive Oil
With its harvest a million tons below last season, Spain imported more and exported less, than in any other month in the last four years.
Apr. 25, 2013
Barjol 'Confident' Council Back to Normal After Meeting Next Month
A financial clamp on the activities of olive oil’s peak body could end at the end of May when a new attempt is made to pass its budget.
Apr. 23, 2013
Experts in Olive Oil Authentication Called to Madrid Workshop
Olive oil authentication will be under the spotlight at an invitation-only scientific workshop to be held in Madrid from June 10-11.
Apr. 22, 2013
Turkey’s Olive Oil Exports On the Rise
According to a report, Turkey managed to benefit from Spain's reduced olive oil production, doubling exports to 20,000 tons.
Apr. 22, 2013
Improved DNA Tracing Puts Olive Oil Adulterers on Notice
Spanish scientists claim they are close to offering “paternity tests" for virgin olive oil which would be a powerful ally against fraud.
Apr. 12, 2013
Imports Up Sharply in Japan and China, Modest Gain in U.S.
Imports are up 31 percent in Japan, 24 percent in China, 15 percent in Canada and just 3 percent in the United States.
Apr. 11, 2013
India's Agribusiness Experiment with Israel
Farmers in Rajasthan, in the western border in India, are taking a leap to produce olives with the help of Israeli agribusiness expertise.
Apr. 9, 2013
Spanish Olive Oil Gets New Look
Spanish olive oil has updated its image with a new logo it hopes will help reinforce its role as the sector‘s world leader.
Apr. 7, 2013
Deborah Rogers, Cofounder of California's 'The Olive Press,' Resigns
The California olive oil industry pioneer said she was stepping down from the company she cofounded to start a new consulting business.
Apr. 5, 2013
Peru Must Lift Anti-Subsidy Duties on Italian and Spanish Olive Oil
A Peruvian tribunal has quashed anti-subsidy duties the country had been imposing on imports of Italian and Spanish olive oil.
Mar. 31, 2013
Deoleo and Hojiblanca Cleared to Form Global Olive Oil Giant
Deoleo, which already controls three of the world’s top four olive oil labels, will be allowed to acquire the huge Hojiblanca cooperative.
Mar. 27, 2013
Latest Data on Weak Spanish Harvest
Spain dribbled out less than 49,000 tons of olive oil in February, about a third of its production last year.
Mar. 25, 2013
Codex Wants More Data on Engineered Soybean Oils
Bioetch giants Monsanto and DuPont will have to wait two years to seek a standard for genetically-engineered high-oleic soy bean oil.
Mar. 19, 2013
Olive Oil Detained Due to Pesticide Traces
The detection of pesticide traces has stranded 98 shipping containers of Italian olive oil in the ports of New York and Seattle.
Mar. 18, 2013
European Parliament Provides Some Comfort for Spanish Olive Oil
A hatchet still hovers over subsidies paid to farmers, but the Parliament gave them some hope of easing the imminent blow.