Educational Program

Good Practices from Harvest to Standardization of Extra Virgin Olive Oil

  • Amateurs, professionals and those who aim at standardization, marketing, export and organizing tastings
  • Executives of olive oil production, standardization and marketing companies
  • Executives in the food and catering sector
  • Students, growers, laboratory executives, consultants, but also those who would like to acquire comprehensive knowledge about extra virgin olive oil and tasting
Information

Course Duration: 2 days

After the completion of the training course, the participants will have comprehensive knowledge of the categories of olive oil, the positive and negative properties of extra virgin olive oil, olive cultivation, production, oil extraction, international regulations, categories, quality criteria, the vocabulary of the organoleptic method, standardization, storage, packaging, preservation of extra virgin olive oil, labeling on the package, as well as the good practices that must be applied in the olive harvest, in the olive mills, in storage and standardization in order to produce high-quality extra virgin olive oil.

Methods of avoiding organoleptic defects, all Greek varieties, organoleptic evaluation methods, issues concerning consumers, taste harmonies of extra virgin olive oil and food and issues concerning olive mills and their participation in the quality of extra virgin olive oil will also be analyzed.

Finally, international competitions will be mentioned, how selection and preparation for participation in exhibitions are done, while a separate section is the creation of visitable tasting areas through videos and photos with good and bad practices, from around the world and through examples in order to help participants understand the theory.

The training methodology includes lectures, practice and teamwork.

In this context, the participants are asked to carry out group and individual exercises, role playing exercises, and evaluation tests that aim to develop their skills (time management, teamwork, cooperation).

In the end, a satisfaction questionnaire is distributed to the participants in order to evaluate the results of their training and the achievement of its objectives.

  • Organoleptic evaluation method for virgin olive oil according to the specifications of the International Olive Council
  • Positive and negative properties and how to distinguish them
  • Factors that affect the quality of virgin olive oil
  • Good practices for cultivation, harvesting, oil extraction, storage and standardization according to the International Olive Council
  • How to choose and what to look for in olive mills
  • Filtration and filtration methods
  • Storage, tanks, oxygen – free conditions with nitrogen, space requirements
  • Traceability
  • Greek varieties and emerging Greek varieties
  • International varieties in the northern and southern hemispheres
  • International regulations and regulations of the International Olive Council
  • Packaging: legislation, permitted materials, commercial sizes, good and bad practices, bottle selection
  • Consumers and excellent virgin olive oil: how to choose and what to look for
  • Nutritional value of extra virgin olive oil
  • Phenols and their role
  • Taste harmony of olive oil and food (with examples)
  • Effect of chemical properties of olive oil on taste and quality
  • International Competitions and their specifications
  • How to choose, how to prepare, what mistakes we make at exhibitions
  • Required certification standards (ISO 22000, HACCP, BRC, etc.) and their application in olive mills, standardization, storage, transportation and marketing of olive oil
  • Olive oil legislation
  • Chemical analyses required by the main countries and export targets
  • Waste legislation
  • Organic olive oil
  • Label legislation (olive oil labeling)
  • Exports: international trade terms, promotion and marketing issues, the role of social media
  • Organization requirements olive oil tasting
  • Minimum requirements and points of attention in tourist areas
  • Gastronomic tourism
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Available Courses

10-11/05/2025
Good Practices from Harvest to Standardization of Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Why choose BQC

For the implementation of the training courses, renowned lecturers are selected, with extensive knowledge and experience in the field of Management Systems and, by extension, on the standards.

BQC, by recognizing modern trends in the field of Training, has created a wide network of experts and trainers around the world, which it uses to offer high-level knowledge and experience in the field of Education.

The training courses offered by BQC are certified by the Accredited Personnel Certification Body STAREGISTER, a member of the IPC, thus providing the possibility of issuing accredited certificates of international recognition according to the ISO/IEC 17024:2012 standard to those successfully participating in them.

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