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DEFRA Policy Paper, 8 April 2021
DEFRA Paper: Post Implementation Review of the Olive Oil Marketing Standards Regulations 2014 SI 2014/195 A copy of this paper is available on this site (click on image) Provided uder the Open Government Licence. The original web page can accessed from: |
The following is the Introduction to the Policy Paper:
Introduction
This document provides an overview of the Post Implementation Review (PIR) of the Olive Oil Marketing Standards Regulations 2014. This regulation provides the legislative basis for the compliance regime for implementing retained EU regulations 29/2012 Marketing Standards for Olive Oil and 2568/91 Characteristics of olive oil and olive residue oil and the relevant methods of analysis.
This statutory instrument (SI) provides powers to enforce, within the UK, new and amended regulations on marketing standards for olive oil.
The retained EU regulations detail the characteristics of the different categories of olive oil, enabling the consumer to distinguish between these categories, including the higher value extra virgin unrefined products and the lower value refined oils. They also detail the methods of analysis to determine the characteristics of the oil and specify mandatory and optional labelling requirements. These include the conditions under which optional terms may be used on the label to describe the taste and smell of extra virgin and virgin olive oil.