Europol’s intellectual property crime unit seized 150,000 liters of adulterated olive oil heading for German restaurants and arrested 20 people in a joint operation with the Italian NAS Carabinieri and the Tribunal of Darmstadt in Germany. The accused allegedly modified low-quality sunflower oil with chlorophyll, beta-carotene and soya, which was then passed off as extra virgin olive oil to be…
Be choosy about where your purchase your olive oil – some are not what they claim to be on the bottle label. Food experts are predicting 2019 to be a bad year for fraudulent olive oils flooding the market. Bad weather and the spread of a bacteria that kills olive trees in Europe has resulted in years of bad harvests…
We are honoured to be mentioned in and article about Canadian small towns. Speaking of food, olive oil is having a moment. With a myriad of flavours and growing regions, don’t be surprised when oil snobs start taking over menus—which is fine with us! For the tastiest, make your way to St. Croix Olive, where you can sample a ton…
