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The current Chair of the IOC, Mr George Svanidze, met with the Minister of Agriculture of the Republic of Uzbekistan in February, who expressed his country’s willingness to join the IOC. A few weeks later, the Executive Secretariat received official correspondence from the Uzbek Embassy inquiring about the […]
MIOOA 2020, Regulation, Application form, Product data sheet, Producer data sheet The MIOOA first edition: great opportunity to participate. All the extra virgin olive oils in competition will be subjected to a completely blind tasting by a panel of expert professional tasters from the world’s oldest tasting school, […]
Deadline extension for Heads of Delegation to designate candidates for IOC scholarships for the university specialisation course on the organoleptic assessment of virgin olive oil (University of Jaén). The deadline to nominate candidates for scholarships for the university specialisation course has been extended to 15 May 2020. This […]
Some 157 samples of extra virgin olive oil were entered into this year’s Mario Solinas Quality Award. Hailing from 13 countries from all over the world, the samples were judged by an international panel of eight expert olive oil tasters. This competition has a bit of history here […]
The meeting scheduled for 21 and 22 April 2020 has been cancelled. Due to the outbreak of COVID-19 and following regulations issued by the Spanish Government. The Executive Director, Abdellatif Ghedira, sent a note to the experts announcing the cancellation. New dates will be issued as soon as […]
As you know, on 14 March 2020, the Kingdom of Spain declared a state of emergency in order to manage the health crisis caused by COVID-19 and, in particular, decreed the restriction of the movement of persons and the limitation of transport services for the next two weeks. […]
Information and promotion activities in USA, China and South Korea
The 'World Congress on Oils and Fats 2020' was held in Australia from 9 to 12 February 2020. The International Olive Council was represented by Jaime Lillo López, the Deputy Executive Director, and Mercedes Fernández Albaladejo, the Head of the Standardisation and Research Unit
The technical expert commission for laboratory control met on 3 February 2020 a the headquarters of the International Olive Council in Madrid
The course will take place at the IAMZ Zaragoza from 30 November to 4 December 2020
Different categories of olive oil were presented according to the Ioc trade standards, as well as the approval of physico-chemical and organoleptic laboratories
The Executive Director informed the Ambassador about the mission of Ioc and its activities, as well as the benefits that the adhering members get in terms of expertise and technical cooperation
An example of Ioc activities are the national missions and training sessions that meet the specific needs of our member countries, and the international seminars and training sessions that take place with the aim of improving and harmonising the scientific and technical knowledge of Ioc members.
The synergy between olive growing, olive oil technology and the environment is integrated in IOC technical cooperation and training activities which link various protection strategies for the sustainable development and preservation of olive resources
The international competition for extra virgin olive oils leading to the Mario Solinas Quality Award of the International Olive Council (IOC) is based on Decision No DEC-1/82IV/00, which the Council adopted on 8 June 2000. Its chief objective is to select the extra virgin olive oils entered for […]
