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<pre>Dear all

Regarding virgin olive oil - My gut feeling is that it comes from a
translation - the Greek word Parthenon indicates pure, untampered,
untouched unadulterated. Of course it first applied to humans - both men
and women.

We Greeks use the word in many contexts -

References to Ancient Israeli olive oil production there is reference to
pure crushed olive ol - shemen zeit zah katit

In the Vible - olive oil is refered to as the oil, the sacred oil, olive
oil - but not extra virgin

The free fatty acid test - 1% or less for EVO has been used since early
last century.

I know this does not answer the question - but mat trigger others in the
group to add information.

Stan Kailis
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