Spain: Garzón highlights the quality of olive oil and will defend it so that it appears on its labeling before the EU
Olive Oil
Spain
Published May 31, 2022
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The Minister of Consumption and federal coordinator of the United Left, Alberto Garzón, has highlighted the quality of olive oil as an essential ingredient of the Mediterranean diet and has assured that he will defend it before the European Commission so that it appears on its labeling.
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The Minister of Consumer Affairs and federal coordinator of Izquierda Unida, Alberto Garzón, has highlighted the quality of olive oil as an essential ingredient of the Mediterranean diet and has assured that he will defend it before the European Commission so that it appears on its labeling. Garzón has done these considerations to questions from journalists during an act in Granada and after the Andalusian Minister of Health, Jesús Aguirre, has sent him a letter in which he demands that the central government demand from the EU the highest rating (A) for the extra virgin and virgin oil. Aguirre has also requested that the European labeling contemplate the B classification for olive oil, above rapeseed and walnut oils, which are in the C."We believe that olive oil is an essential element in the Mediterranean diet that we promote from the ministry", pointed out Garzón, who has said that it is a product that takes care of people's health and helps improve that of the planet. The ...
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