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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 [...]

Eight companies have participated in the Jordanian pavilion at the 3rd Olive Oil Exhibition which concluded its activities on Friday in the Chinese capital, Beijing, alongside 150 other companies from 15 countries. The exhibition is one of the most important events for marketing olive oil to meet the demand in the Chinese market. CEO of [...]

By Marisa Chimprabha, Cairo – Egypt will donate 80 olive trees to Thailand to jointly celebrate HM the King’s 80th anniversary and to show the strong relationship with Thailand, Thai Ambassador to Egypt Noppadol Theppitak said Tuesday. The delivery of the trees are expected to conduct around July, the ambassador said. He was speaking during [...]

3rd edition, China and Asia’s largest International Olive Oil Competition will be presented at the 2007 edition of SIAL China Shanghai 10-12 May, Take the opportunity to break into the Chinese market’s enormous potential! REGISTRATION DEADLINE APRIL 6th, 2007 For the application form; please send an email HERE Julien GARCIA Tel +33 1 49 68 [...]

After Peace Olive Oil, new brand of olive oil, Olives of Peace, produced by Palestinian and Israeli peace promoters to be marketed in Japan. Israeli and Palestinian olive oil manufacturers have launched a new brand – Olives of Peace. It is a new product manufactured jointly by peace advocates from both sides of the divide. [...]

…Says Dr. Bruce McDonald of Univ. of Manitoba, Canada By Thorsten Ludwig, “I believe that Koreans are open to adopting new healthy food products from around the world, in addition to their own traditional health food,” the Canadian Ambassador to Seoul Mr. Marius R. Grinius said in his opening speech to a seminar on canola [...]

By Angela Xu, CITY consumers have been warned to be wary of incorrectly labelled olive oil from small stalls in wholesale markets. Olive oil is popular during the Spring Festival, which has prompted the caution from cereal and oil experts. The oil to avoid is made from olive pomace, or pulp. According to English labels, [...]

Aimed at popularising olive oil in food preparations JAIPUR: The Rajasthan State Agricultural Marketing Board on Saturday signed a tripartite agreement with two Israeli companies to promote cultivation of olive trees in the desert State. State Agriculture Minister Prabhulal Saini said olive would be cultivated on 210 hectares of Government land at 10 different locations [...]

The Italian Trade Commission said Wednesday it will hold a food fair in Tokyo on Oct. 18 to promote prize-winning Italian olive oils and other popular food including pasta, cheeses, candy and wines. The event will highlight in particular olive oils which won the prestigious Ercole Olivario awards presented each year in Spoleto, a city [...]

By Reggie Aspiras, Olive Oil is classified by the degree of acidity. The best are cold-pressed varieties: Extra Virgin—the fruitiest, most flavorful and, obviously, the costliest of them all. It is a cold-pressed product of the first extraction/pressing of the olives, with 0.8-1 percent acidity. It comes in a myriad of colors from deep to [...]

By Reggie Aspiras, With olive oil, food tastes better, we all agree, but there are nagging questions like… Are there substitutes? And why is it so expensive? Insofar as substitutes are concerned, any oil can be used in its place but, by doing so, you rob the dish of the very essence that only good [...]

Kagoshima University has discovered a four-volume agricultural book that was printed in Leipzig, Germany, in the late 18th century. The 1,500-page opus–a copy of a 10th century Byzantine book–is written in Greek and Latin, and was found in the state-run university’s library storeroom in mid-July when librarians were inspecting old documents to create a database.

Les experts chinois appellent à de nouvelles réglementations sur les importations en Chine d’huile d’olive afin de protéger les droits des consommateurs et permettre au secteur de se développer d’une manière saine et ordonnée. Des étiquettes mensongères et des mauvaises dates d’expiration sont les principaux pièges pour les consommateurs chinois, selon les intervenants d’une conférence [...]

Chinese experts called for new regulations on the country’s olive oil imports to protect customers’ rights and ensure that the sector develops in a sound and orderly manner. Misleading labels and false expiry dates are the main traps for Chinese customers, according to speakers at an olive oil conference sponsored jointly by the Beijing Consumers’ [...]

By Kim Sue-young, The Greek Embassy in Korea hosted the “Greek Olive Oil and Food Festival” at the Millennium Hilton Hotel in Seoul last Monday. The event was to introduce Greek olive oil boasting a unique taste and quality to Koreans who are not familiar with the small oval fruit. The olive is one of [...]