{"id":18177,"date":"2023-03-31T13:30:54","date_gmt":"2023-03-31T13:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.selinawamucii.com\/news\/index.php\/2023\/03\/31\/italys-olive-oil-and-the-new-automatic-traceability-in-the-olive-oil-supply-chain\/"},"modified":"2023-04-18T12:42:09","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T12:42:09","slug":"italys-olive-oil-and-the-new-automatic-traceability-in-the-olive-oil-supply-chain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.selinawamucii.com\/news\/2023\/03\/31\/italys-olive-oil-and-the-new-automatic-traceability-in-the-olive-oil-supply-chain\/","title":{"rendered":"Italy\u2019s Olive Oil and the new Automatic traceability in the olive-oil supply chain"},"content":{"rendered":"

An example of technology to improve the sustainability and competitiveness of \u00a0Italy\u2019s olive oil<\/u><\/a>\u00a0sector developed in a recent research project.<\/p>\n

Currently, Italy is the third country in the world, after Spain and Tunisia, for olive-growing area of 955,000 ha, but remains the second largest producer in the world with 4,250,192 q of oil (ISTAT, 2022).<\/p>\n

Our country holds the richest germplas olive grove comprising over 630 cultivars, with a high presence of local varieties that define specific areas to which they are historically and culturally linked. Italian olive growing is now widespread in all regions, including the Aosta Valley where the first hectare of olive grove has recently been registered (ISTAT, VII Censimento Agricoltura).<\/p>\n

Italy has the largest number of certified extra virgin olive oils (42 PDO and 8 PGI), 4 PDO for table olives and 75 Pat-approved olive products (Traditional Agri-Food Products), however, being the world\u2019s leading importer of olive oil,\u00a0the product bottled as 100% Italian represents less than 30% of total production. These circumstances mean that there are medium-low-end productions, characterized by a limited enhancement of the product.<\/p>\n

Olive oil, the problem of fraud<\/b><\/strong><\/h2>\n

According to EU food fraud control reports,\u00a0olive oil is one of the goods most affected by fraudulent manipulation. The crisis of recent years has exposed quality production even more to forms of unfair competition, which harms producers and consumers. In the context of the production and sale of extra virgin olive oil, it is\u00a0mainly\u00a0dealing\u00a0with\u00a0commercial\u00a0counterfeits, or<\/p>\n