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From January 2008, Harvey Nichols will exclusively launch a range of naturally aromatic olive oils created by Ferran Adria of El Bulli Restaurant, priced at £6.50 (200ml). In partnership with expert Spanish oil-maker Borges, the Michelin starred chef has devised eight different infused oils and dressings to accompany an assortment of dishes.
Combining the origin [...]

Article by Nicole Visschedyk,
Photo by Peter J. Thompson,
If you think the new Olive and Olive Oil shop is the ultimate in niche shopping, consider this: Not only is every item in the store olive-based, but it all comes from one small village in Northern Turkey.
Mehmet Uzel, who opened Toronto’s first olive-only store just off [...]

Par S. Djelloul,
Désormais, la production d’huile d’olive au niveau de la wilaya d’Aïn-Témouchent, devient une actualité agricole. Cette année 2007, elle a atteint une quantité de 27 307 quintaux en enregistrant une nette baisse si l’on compare les 35 000 qx récoltés en 2006.
Il est à constater que la catégorie d’olive de table est dominante [...]

Par El Moudjahid,
Un dispositif de certification et de labellisation de l’huile d’olive, dans la perspective de son exportation vers les marchés extérieurs, est sur le point d’être mis en place dans la wilaya de Jijel, a-t-on appris, hier, dimanche, de la chambre de l’agriculture.
Dans ce cadre, deux producteurs d’huile d’olive de cette [...]

To increase foreign trade, the Turkish Exporters Assembly (TİM) is preparing some overseas publicity activities for all sectors, particularly olive and olive oil.
China and India are the priority targets for the advertising campaigns, TİM Chairman Oğuz Satıcı said midweek at a press conference held by olive and olive oil sector representatives at the Foreign Trade [...]

During the SIAL Montréal 2007, the 1st edition Olive d’Or has been highly successful in terms of participation, and stood-out as one of the most important international contest.
The competition attracted 144 olive oils from more than 18 countries around the world.
Register today for the 2nd edition during SIAL Montréal 2008 from April 23-25, 2008 in [...]

I drink too much.
The last time I gave a urine sample it had an olive in it.
Rodney Dangerfield

Le Laboratoire d’analyse d’huile d’olive ”SGS Tunisie SA”, a obtenu l’accréditation ISO 10725, délivrée par le conseil national d’accréditation (TUNAC), pour son laboratoire de Sfax.
”SGS Tunisie SA”, présent en Tunisie depuis 1970, assure à travers ses activités d’inspection et d’analyse, le contrôle quantitatif et qualitatif des produits agricoles, pétroliers et des produits de consommation pour [...]

Par Abou Sarra,
On ne le répètera jamais assez. La Tunisie, actuellement 4ème producteur mondial d’huile d’olive (210.000 tonnes en moyenne par an) et 3ème exportateur (130.000 tonnes), est en mesure de doubler et même de tripler les recettes en devises générées par les exportations de ce produit agricole pour peu qu’elle s’emploie à l’exporter conditionné [...]

From food tasting course to olive oil tasting, there will be much to appeal to the senses of the some 45,000 trade visitors from 21-24 February 2008. Newly introduced at BioFach 2008 is an award for the best organic olive oil. The special feature of this award is the tasters, as the visitors at the [...]

By Gema Martínez,
The aim of the initiative is to collect 200,000 litres of used olive oil to be converted into soap and bio-diesel. More than one and a half thousand kilos of fats reach the beaches of Malaga province each day
Straight to the rubbish bin. This is where approximately five thousand tons of used olive [...]

A new law in Italy requires producers of virgin and extra-virgin olive oil to include labels indicating where the olives were picked and pressed.
The purpose is to guarantee authenticity and quality, a report from Rome said.
The consumer group Codacons likes the new law but thinks it’s not enough to eliminate fraud. Members want acidity levels [...]

by Dross,
Consuming extra virgin olive oil helps to combat degenerative diseases, such as cancer or osteoporosis
In the 1960s, Ancer Keys, a US expert on nutrition, studied the health benefits of the Mediterranean diet for the first time. Since then many studies on the benefits of olive oil have been conducted. According to several studies performed [...]

From spring water to cereal, grocery manufacturers are adding vitamin-enriched items to their product lines. Today, Italica Imports is introducing the country to an extra virgin olive oil from Spain that is enriched with fat-soluble vitamins A, D and E, making it a rich source of antioxidants.
Use of Italica PLUS in your favorite recipes [...]

A Rylstone olive producer says he is on his best trade trip to the United States and has gained contracts from his stand at a San Diego speciality food fair.
Nicholas Bentivoglio is in the US showcasing his Rylstone organic olive oil to more than 16,000 buyers as one of 40 Australian producers at the Fancy [...]

Hoping to do for olives and olive oil what it has done for grapes and wine, the University of California, Davis, today launched the first university-based olive research and education center in North America.
Plans for the new UC Davis Olive Center, which is part of the university’s Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science, [...]

Par L. Hammachi,
Dans la région nord de la wilaya de Sétif, l’oléiculture, qui est classée au quatrième rang au niveau national, avec une superficie de 16 000 ha, représentant 4,5% de la surface agricole, est en nette régression. Un paysan de la région dira : « Le fellah, qui produisait, il y a quelques années, [...]

By Suzanne Havala Hobbs,
We eat them on pizza and pour their oil over salads. They come in different sizes and colors, some stuffed with almonds, anchovies or pimentos.
They’re olives, and despite all the ways we eat them, they still carry a few mysteries for some of us.”If olive oil is supposed to be [...]

Par A. Ben Mohamed,
Le ministère de l’Industrie, de l’Energie et des PME a commencé, récemment, une campagne de promotion de l’huile d’olive conditionnée dans les aéroports tunisiens afin de promouvoir l’image de marque de la Tunisie en tant que pays producteur d’huile d’olive.
Comme l’indique le Packtec (centre technique de l’emballage et du conditionnement), dans un [...]

La répression des fraudes surveille les abus : escroqueries nombreuses en France.
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By Maher Zeineddine,
As olive presses in the mountainous Chouf region witness excessive activity with the fruit’s harvest season coming to an end and weather conditions getting worse, press owners are criticizing the government’s failure to set up marketing plans for their products. Every year from early November until late January, farmers throughout Lebanon engage in [...]

Would you like to know more about French Extra Virgin Olive Oil ?
Alain Maes, a Frenchman who live in Chicago wrote a few days ago a passionate and interesting article on the subject.
Via this post and Costas

Par Ben Mohamed,
Le Fonds d’accès aux Marchés d’exportation FAMEX2 se lance dans la promotion de l’huile d’olive conditionnée à l’exportation. Elle vient de lancer deux appels d’offres internationaux afin d’améliorer l’exportation de cette matière première.
De cet fait, le premier appel d’offres est organisé pour faire le choix des experts internationaux, un par pays, spécialistes dans [...]