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Athens News Agency: News in English, 08-07-11Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>CONTENTS
[01] Greek olive oil awardedA Greek olive oil has won first prize in the medium green fruitiness section of the Mario Solinas IOC Quality awards for extra virgin olive oil in 2008, according to the results announced by the International Olive Council based in Madrid. This is the second consecutive year that the prize has gone to an olive oil produced in Greece.The award was presented to the 'Agricultural Cooperatives of Kritsa' from Lasithi, Crete during a special ceremony held on Thursday, which was also attended by the Agrocert chairman Thomas Notos. The same cooperative had won third prize in this category in 2006, while the first prize in 2007 had gone to the Rafteli-Protouli M. Co oil from Plomari in Greece. After the chairman of Agricultural Cooperatives of Kritsa Nikos Zachariades received the award, Notos congratulated all the award winners and stressed the importance of the Mario Solinas awards, saying that they were linked to assurances of food quality and safety and the protection of consumers, as well as helping increase the income of oil producers. The ceremony was opened by the board chairman of the International Olive Council Mohammed Ouhmad Sbitri, who stressed the importance of awards that promoted the quality of olive oil. There followed the presentation of the awards to the winners and the ceremony was closed by Council President Shimon Lavee, who also congratulated the winners and noted the awards had international recognition and were considered the highest quality award for oil producers. Other Greek olive oils that were among the finalists in the awards in the intense green fruitiness sections were those produced by Botzakis S.A. from Iraklio, Crete and the Agricultural Cooperative Eleonas from Gargaliani in Messinia, while the Eleftherios Vourtsis oil from Zakynthos was a finalist in the medium ripe fruitiness section. Contestants in this year's awards included 76 olive oil producers from the 10 member-states of the International Olive Council (Egypt, France, Greece, Iran, Israel, Italy, Morocco, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, and Spain). The producers winning awards can indicate this on their product labels through a special logo provided by the Council. Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |
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