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MercoPress, en Español

Montevideo, April 25th 2024 - 04:52 UTC

Tag: olive oil

  • Wednesday, December 6th 2023 - 10:47 UTC

    Europol, Spain and Italy combating counterfeiting of virgin olive oil

    Europol said that faking extra virgin olive oil is a common practice, which is why the fight against it is a law enforcement priority, especially in production countries

    The traditional olive harvests of Spain and to some extent in some areas of Italy has been far from satisfactory, which means among other consequences that the price of virgin olive oil, so demanding for Mediterranean gastronomy, has soared, and so have attempts to smuggle the produce from northern Africa as well as different methods to commercialize adulterated oil.

  • Monday, January 13th 2020 - 09:44 UTC

    Uruguay becoming a premium olive oil production and exporting country

    “The increase in cultivated area in the period of 2010 to 2019 has quintupled, and these new olive trees have entered production”

    Olive oil producers in Uruguay enjoyed a record-setting harvest in 2019, according to a new report compiled by Uruguay’s Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries. In effect Uruguay produced 2,775 tons of extra virgin olive oil, according to the report, an increase of more than 360% over the rolling five-year average.