Differentiating your product in the marketplace
Freshness, perfect ripeness or artisan care in the manufacturing process, are
some of the many ways in which products stand out in the marketplace. For olive
oil, producers can rely on standardized yardsticks that provide an objective
measure of quality, thus enabling product differentiation.
Quality standards defined by the International Olive Council (IOC) have been
adopted by the state of California, which has imposed labeling compliance on all
olive oil sold within the state. Also, the California Olive Oil Council (COOC) grants a
Seal for Extra Virgin Oil to guarantee product quality to consumers, ruling out
mislabeling or adulteration.
At Agbiolab, we provide the analytical tests required both by the state of California
and the COOC. Our expanded facilities enable us to provide you with accurate
results to help you get the maximum differentiation for your product and assure the
quality of your olive oil to your buyers.
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Protecting your investment
Timely quality information is always critical for making business decisions. In
agribusiness, where investments of thousands and often millions of dollars can
be compromised by devastating plant diseases or by the unchecked presence of
genetically modified organisms, the need for information is very real.
Biotechnology provides fast and reliable means of identifying pathogens, plants or
rootstocks varieties, or of detecting the presence of genetically modified
organisms (GMO) in marketed goods. For instance, testing samples of wood or
foliar tissue taken from multiple individual plants can reveal the advance of a
particular infestation across an orchard.
Our testing services include:
• Plant disease diagnosis
• GMO detection
• Contract research
At Agbiolab, we are set up to guide you through the process of taking and
submitting samples. We guarantee careful handling of the samples. Our facilities
enable us to provide you with rapid and accurate results, which will allow you to
make reliable and informed business decisions.
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Pathogen detection:
Consider the enormous
devastation caused a few years
back by Pierce’s Disease
(Xylella fastidiosa) in Temecula
Valley vineyards: 40% of the
vines were affected and whole
vineyard blocks had to be
removed.
Early detection of vines infected
by the Xylella fastidiosa
bacterium, and eradication of
infected plants to control
disease spread would have
mitigated the high costs
inflicted by this disease on
vineyards and growers.
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