NEW EU OLIVE OIL LABELLING RECEIVES MIXED REACTION FROM ITALIAN SECTOR

BY LEE ADENDORFF ITALIAN agricultural associations and olive oil producers have greeted new compulsory European Union (EU) olive oil origin labelling regulations with mixed reactions. This is maybe no surprise. Olive oil forms the basis of the Italian diet and so is a touchy subject. The industry has always been important to Italy, and so any law that changes labelling and furthermore is designed to protect consumers against abuses of origin labelling is always going to ruffle feathers. Italians are among the highest consumers of olive oil in the world and ...


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