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<pre>on 5/3/01 4:28 PM, Carol & Chuck L'Heureux at lheureux@wr.com.au wrote:

> I have just read your email on tasting and would like to correct you on one
> point in particular. There are no IOOC accredited tasters. WE in Oz have a
> tasting panel which is going for IOOC accreditation but that is only the
> panel as a whole. We are just tasters on the panel. The accreditation is
> only god for 12 months when you have to be retested again.

Thanks Carol. Perhaps I should have said "trained to IOOC standards" or
something similar.

> Also for the tasting your method is ok but usually the IOOC use blue glasses
> so the colour of the oil can not be seen.

I understand the reasons for that, but when marketing oil colour is
certainly important. That's when white saucers on a retailer's counter
really come in to their own...

Regards
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