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By Sonya Neufeld, FRAUD. It’s associated with identity theft and bouncing cheques, but apparently it is also rife in the olive oil industry. Fake olive oil is an international issue, especially in Italy, the world’s leading importer, consumer and exporter of olive oil. Australia the largest consumer of olive oil per capita outside the Mediterranean [...]

“A Two Day Trade Expo Focusing on the Production, Processing and Marketing of Australian Olives and Olive Oil” The Australian Olive Expo will be held at Exhibition Park in Canberra on the Tuesday 30th and Wednesday 31st of October 2007. Over 150 static and working displays Dedicated olive grove to demonstrate production & harvesting Free [...]

New Zealand medicinal honey company Comvita has today completed its acquisition of Olive Products Australia (OPA). OPA is a complementary medicine grower, manufacturer, wholesaler and retailer in Queensland. It has developed a system to grow and extract the active compounds from olive tree leaves for use in human and therapeutic products. Neil Craig, chairman of [...]

5 Percent of Yellingbo Gold Olive Oil Revenue from Gourmet Retailer ChefShop.com to Support Orphans of the 2004 Tsunami ChefShop.com, a premier online gourmet food retailer, announces its support of The Jasmine Foundation by contributing 5 percent of Yellingbo Gold olive oil revenues to the foundation. The Jasmine Foundation provides relief to orphans of the [...]

A deli line from a supermarket brand of Australian olive oil won a champion’s medal at last week’s Sydney Royal Fine Food competition. Cobram Estate, from the Murray region, was named a champion for its varietal extra virgin olive oil. There were tears of joy at its Victorian headquarters. The results come after a rough [...]

A funding boost from the Federal Government may help further develop Broken Hill’s olive oil industry in far western New South Wales. The Commonwealth will give $385,000 to Australia’s olive oil industry. A project of the Broken Hill Gourmet Foods Cooperative, to harvest olives on an old mine site, has helped boost the quality and [...]