North American Olive Oil Association Submits Citizen Petition asking a Standards of Identity for Olive Oil and Olive-Pomace Oil

In late May 2020, the North American Olive Oil Association submitted a citizen petition to FDA, asking the Agency to adopt science-based, enforceable standards for olive oil. In its petition to FDA, the group stated that standards would ensure that consumers know the quality of the olive oil that they purchase. The North American Olive Oil Association’s petition is in addition to one filed in November 2019 by the American Olive Oils Producers Association and Deoleo, the world’s largest olive oil processor. There is currently no nationally-mandated standard of identity (SOI) to define olive oil and its various categories and grades in the United States.