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From olive oil quality to the cold chain, from harvest to shelf; technical insight from our production facility.

Table Olive Processing: Green, Black, Brine and FermentationOlives

Table Olive Processing: Green, Black, Brine and Fermentation

The difference between green and black olives, harvest ripeness, debittering methods, salt concentration and fermentation monitoring, grading, defects such as gas pockets and softening, packaging and pasteurisation.

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What Is HACCP? How to Set Up a Food Safety Management SystemQuality

What Is HACCP? How to Set Up a Food Safety Management System

The logic of hazard analysis, identifying critical control points using the decision tree, the critical limit–monitoring–corrective action–verification chain, prerequisite programmes and step-by-step implementation on site.

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Precooling and Shelf Life in Fruit and Vegetables: Removing Field HeatStorage

Precooling and Shelf Life in Fruit and Vegetables: Removing Field Heat

Why is rapidly removing field heat after harvest critical? Room, forced-air, hydro and vacuum precooling methods, respiration rate, ethylene sensitivity, humidity, circulation and storage intake control.

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How Does a Cold Store Work? Temperature Bands and StorageStorage

How Does a Cold Store Work? Temperature Bands and Storage

Chilled, blast and frozen bands; the day-to-day running of a cold store through relative humidity, ethylene incompatibilities, stacking, temperature recording, door discipline and FEFO.

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How to Read an Olive Oil Label: Acidity, Harvest Date and Cold PressingOlive Oil

How to Read an Olive Oil Label: Acidity, Harvest Date and Cold Pressing

Grade designations, what the acidity level does and doesn't tell you, the difference between harvest date and best-before date, cold pressing, early harvest, origin and packaging; with a one-minute checklist at the end.

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Refrigerated Transport: A Guide to Vehicle Selection, ATP and Temperature RecordingLogistics

Refrigerated Transport: A Guide to Vehicle Selection, ATP and Temperature Recording

The logic of refrigerated bodies and units, ATP classes, precooling before loading, stacking for airflow, multi-temp bodies, data loggers, delivery records and summer planning in the Aegean.

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Extra Virgin, Virgin, Riviera: The Difference Between Olive Oil TypesOlive Oil

Extra Virgin, Virgin, Riviera: The Difference Between Olive Oil Types

What's the difference between extra virgin, virgin and riviera olive oil? Acidity level, production method and which oil to use where.

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How to Store Olive Oil? Light, Heat, Air and PackagingStorage

How to Store Olive Oil? Light, Heat, Air and Packaging

How should olive oil be stored at home and in warehouses? The effect of light, temperature, oxygen and packaging; common misconceptions about cloudiness and freezing.

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5 Factors That Determine Olive Oil QualityOlive Oil

5 Factors That Determine Olive Oil Quality

Olive oil quality: harvest timing, time from harvest to pressing, cold-press temperature, storage and acidity level.

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Why Must the Cold Chain Not Be Broken?Cold Chain

Why Must the Cold Chain Not Be Broken?

What is the cold chain, and why must it not be broken? Storage temperatures, shipping and traceability.

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Hygiene and Traceability in Food ProductionFood Safety

Hygiene and Traceability in Food Production

Hygiene in food production, cross-contamination prevention, staff training and traceability systems.

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