The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock encourages the adoption of a sensory panel for classifying olive oil in Brazil

Published 2023년 6월 5일

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The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (Mapa) of Brazil held a technical meeting to establish new sensory panels for classifying the quality of olive oil, a move aimed at improving the country's quality control as the largest olive oil importer in the world. The meeting, which included representatives from various institutions and associations, discussed the importance of sensory analysis in determining the authenticity and quality of olive oil, beyond physicochemical tests. A total of 20 trained evaluators from the LFDA-RS are currently responsible for this task, but the ministry is looking to expand this capability. The meeting also outlined plans to develop a similar sensory method for roasted coffee, following new classification standards implemented on January 1, 2023.

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To encourage the creation of new sensory panels for classifying the types of oils offered in the country, the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (Mapa) held a technical meeting with representatives of institutions and associations at the Federal Laboratory for Agricultural Defense in Rio Grande do Sul (LFDA -LOL). The meeting sought to encourage other institutions to adopt the methodology that will contribute to the improvement of commercialized olive oil, since Brazil is the second largest importer of olive oil in the world. Sensory analysis is provided for in Normative Instruction No. 01/2012 and is the only method to determine whether an olive oil is in fact extra virgin or not. The action is complementary to physicochemical laboratory analyzes to confirm the identity and quality of the product. “Today, when the sensory panel of the LFDA-RS indicates a non-compliance in the product, we do not have another panel in Brazil so that the importer can carry out a probative ...

Source: Agricultura