As part of EXPOLIVA 2009, the
International Fair of Olive Oil and Allied Industries,
to be held from 13 to 16 May 2009
, there will be an Extra Virgin
Olive Oil Quality Competition based on the
following
COMPETITION
RULES
1. Objective
The aim of the competition is to
give a prize to the entity submitting the best sample of
extra virgin olive oil in its various categories.
2. Participants
The competition may be entered by
oil mill proprietors and oil mill enterprise groups
authorised by current legislation in this regard.
3. Oils Permitted to Enter
Only bulk extra virgin olive oils
of the 2008/09 season will be allowed to take part in
the competition, pursuant to the requirements
established by Commission Regulation (EEC) no. 2568/91
of 11 July 1991, amended by Commission Regulation (EC)
no. 640/2008 of 4 July 2008, and additional applicable
regulations concerning olive oil characteristics.
The oil entered into the
competition must come exclusively from tanks located at
the facilities owned by the participating entity.
Every olive oil sample entered into
the competition must come from a homogenous batch of
between 20,000 and 100,000 litres. When oil from a
homogenous batch of at least 20,000 litres entered into
the competition is contained in two or more tanks, they
must be sampled together to obtain just one final
sample.
Only one sample will be accepted
from each participating entity in each of the three
groups established in rule 6 of this competition.
4. Participants’ Obligations
4.1. Request the presence of a
Notary Public for the taking of the samples in the
following manner:
4.1.1. Six 500 ml samples must be
extracted for every oil batch entered into the
competition. These samples must be poured into six
coloured glass bottles, each with a capacity for 500 ml.
Every sample collected must be stamped and sealed by the
Notary Public and it must have an identification code on
a label attached to it or marked permanently on the
glass.
4.1.2. The tank or tanks of the oil
batch entered into the competition must be sealed in the
presence of the Notary Public until the competition has
concluded.
4.1.3. The Notary Public must be
asked for a document certifying the following:
-
Name and address of the
participating entity
-
Identification of the tank of the
oil batch entered into the competition
-
Weight or volume of the oil batch
entered into the competition
4.2 Sending of Samples
Five of the samples extracted and
identified by the abovementioned procedure must be sent
together with the notarial document and the
participating entity’s identification details (name or
company name, address, locality, province, country,
telephone, fax and email) to the Fundación para la
Promoción y el Desarrollo del Olivar y el Aceite de
Oliva, at this address: Paseo de la Estación 25, Sexta
planta, 23008 Jaén. The following must be stated on the
package: “Premio a la Calidad del Aceite de Oliva Virgen
Extra EXPOLIVA 2009 - Feria Internacional del Aceite de
Oliva e Industrias Afines”.
The participant must keep the sixth
500 ml sample.
5. Deadline for Submission
The deadline for receiving the
samples at the head office of the Fundación para la
Promoción y el Desarrollo del Olivar y el Aceite is
10 March 2009
.
6. Competition Phases
6.1. Phase 1. Selection
Having received the samples from
the participating entity, they will be deposited by the
Foundation’s Managing Director at the office of a Notary
Public who will identify them and allocate secret codes
to them.
The coded samples will be sent
immediately to the Official Analysis Laboratory, which
will perform a chemical and sensory assessment of the
extra virgin olive oils entered into the competition and
they will be classified by the Official Tasting Panel
into three groups:
Group 1. Green fruity bitter /
pungent oils: virgin oils with a medium-high fruit
intensity, which reminds us of green olives or other
fruits and/or green notes and with strong bitter and
pungent attributes.
Group 2. Medium green fruity bitter
/ pungent oils: virgin oils with a medium-high fruit
intensity, which reminds us of green olives or other
fruits and/or green notes and with not very strong
bitter and pungent attributes.
Group 3. Fruity ripe / sweet oils:
virgin oils with a fruitiness that reminds us of ripe
olives or other ripe fruits, whether almond or not, and
with very slight bitter and pungent attributes.
The intensity median score of the
attributes for the various groups will be as
follows:
|
Group |
Fruity |
Bitter / Pungent |
|
|
Green |
Ripe / Sweet |
|
|
1. Green fruity bitter /
pungent oils |
³ 5 |
- |
³ 5 |
|
2. Medium green fruity bitter
/ pungent oils |
³ 4.5 |
- |
< 5 |
|
3. Fruity ripe / sweet
oils |
- |
³ 4 |
< 4 |
Finally, the oils will be
classified within each group depending on the score
obtained pursuant to the assessment standards stated in
Annex 1 of the competition rules based on the Método
Continuo de Valoración Sensorial del Aceite de Oliva
Virgen Extra MCVS100 (Continuous Method for Sensory
Assessment of Extra Virgin Olive Oil).
6.2. Phase 2. Final
The top five oils with the highest
score in each group, at most, will be considered
finalists and will be assessed by the EXPOLIVA
competition panel, appointed by the Fundación del Olivar
from among well-known prestigious experts in the olive
oil sector, advised by the Official Tasting Panel. The
sensory assessment sheet included as Annex 1 will be
used to assess the oils.
The members of the panel will be
published on the website www.expoliva.com sufficiently in
advance.
The panel’s decision will be final
and unappealable, and it may declare that the
competition is void.
7. Prize-Giving Ceremony
The panel will choose winners of a
first and a second prize in each of the groups from
among the finalist oils.
The prizes will consist of the
granting of the official trophy of the EXPOLIVA
International Olive Oil Fair for the winner and a
diploma accrediting the second prize.
The prize-giving ceremony will be a
public event at the EXPOLIVA trade fair site in
Jaen during the 14th International Fair of
Olive Oil and Allied Industries.
The finalist oils in each group
will form part of the international selection of extra
virgin olive oils present in the 2nd EXPOLIVA EXTRA VIRGIN
Exhibition Hall.
8. Mention of the Prize on the
Label
8.1. The winner of the EXPOLIVA
2009 Extra Virgin Olive Oil Quality Prize in each of its
subcategories – “Green fruity bitter / pungent oils”,
“Medium green fruity bitter / pungent oils” and “Fruity
ripe / sweet oils” and the winners of the second prize
in each category can mention that they have won the
prize for the 2008-2009 season on the label of the extra
virgin olive oil of the batch which the winning sample
comes from.
8.2. Reference to the prize in
advertising and publicity, with express mention of the
season, can only be made by the winning entity, which
must first write to the Fundación para la Promoción y el
Desarrollo del Olivar y del Aceite de Oliva to ask for
authorisation.
8.3. Each and every one of the
prizes must be represented on container labels as
follows: official logo of EXPOLIVA International Fair of
Extra Virgin Olive Oil, mention of the prize and the
year it was won.
9. Acceptance
Participation in this competition
implies full acceptance of these rules.