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The Indian Olive Association has urged the Center to abolish the 45 per cent Customs duty on olive oil. “The import duty makes olive oil prohibitively expensive in India,” said a press release from V.N. Dalmi, President of the association. Run-up to Budget 2008-09 It pointed out that currently a 45 per cent Customs duty [...]

A Spanish rehabilitation centre is using olive harvesting as part of its therapy to help substance addicts. Francis Arjona, founder of the Good Samaritan Drug Rehabilitation Centre near Pozoblanco in Southern Spain, has had a number of run-ins with drug dealers since he began working with addicts. “I have had a couple of knives at [...]

By Andrea Bennett, When Clifford C. Graber first came here from Indiana, he lived in a tent on his land. He built his house and planted citrus trees as the burgeoning industry that would later define the region was catching on more than a century ago. It was a different fruit, though, that would occupy [...]

A research group of the University of Granada has found out that maslinic acid, a compound present in the leaf and the olive skin wax extracted from alpeorujo (crushed olive pulp), has the capacity of preventing cancer as well as regulating apoptosis in carcinogenic processes. Maslinic acid is a protease inhibitor that, among other features, [...]

By Stephen Daniells, A polyphenol from olives may protect against macular degeneration associated with age or the damaging effects of chemicals in tobacco smoke, suggests a new study. The potential benefits hydroxytyrosol (HTS) for eye health were demonstrated in an in vitro lab study using cells from the human retina, with mitochondria – the cell’s [...]

Par M. Ouary, Le prix de la belle huile d’olive de Kabylie s’est envolé cette année. Il tourne autour de 350 dinars le litre. A ceux qui trouvent que c’est trop cher, les producteurs ont une réponse toute trouvée : Pourtant, vous payez le même prix pour le litre d’huile d’olive de grignons importée d’Espagne. [...]

Western Victorian olive groves will yield 1000 per cent more than last year. Drought in 2007 meant fruit couldn’t set on the trees. Grove owner Deirdre Baum, from Laharum, says this season the trees are healthy and bearing fruit because of timely rain. “This year, the trees have had bit of rain at the critical [...]

Par Dalila B. L’huile d’olive algérienne a tous les atouts pour être consommée et connue à l’international sous un label algérien. Ce produit biologique, lié à l’histoire de la l’Algérie et écoulé sur les marchés extérieurs comme un breuvage anonyme, souffre encore d’un déficit d’image. Seul 1 % des quantités exportées est conditionné, le reste [...]

California department of public health warns consumers not to eat Olivier Brand Parmesan & Asiago Dip with Garlic and Basil to prevent any contamination from bacteria that could cause botulism poisoning. Dr. Mark Horton, Director of the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), today warned consumers not to eat Olivier brand Parmesan & Asiago Dip [...]

Turkish olive and olive oil exporters examine factories in the Spanish cities of Madrid, Seville and Cordoba that meet 51 percent of total global demand for olive oil, and hold meetings with representatives of the Olive and Olive Oil Exporters Association, the Federation of Agricultural Cooperatives and prominent olive and olive oil producers in the [...]