OLIVE OIL STANDARDS OUT OF DATE, ‘NEW WORLD’ PRODUCERS SAY
February 1st, 2011
BY EMMA JACKSON and KARRYN MILLER
IN October 2010, new olive oil standards came into effect in the United States for the first time since 1948, and Australia's first olive oil standard ever is in the works. These new standards are meant to bring the two countries closer to international olive oil purity standards mandated by the Codex Alimentarius and the International Olive Council (IOC) to which Europe and other traditional olive oil-producing (and consuming) countries already adhere.
Although the new US standards have largely brought these items in line with ...
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