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FSSAI notifies additional absorbency for olive oil under food additives norms
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Saturday, 08 April, 2023, 08 : 00 AM [IST]
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Ashwani Maindola, New Delhi
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The FSSAI has notified additional requirement of absorbency for olive oil under the regulation 2.2.1 through Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Second Amendment Regulations, 2023.
These requirements will be additional to the quality characteristics prescribed by the FSSAI and shall come into force on September 1, 2023.
According to the notification, the ‘Absorbency in ultra-violet at 270 nm for Extra virgin olive oil should be = 0.22 with delta K value at = 0.01, for Virgin olive oil it was set at = 0.25 & = 0.01, for Ordinary virgin olive oil = 0.30* (after passage of the sample through activated alumina, absorbency at 270 nm shall be equal to or less than 0.11) & = 0.01, for Refined olive oil = 1.10 & = 0.16, for Olive oil = 0.90 & = 0.15, for Refined olive-pomace oil = 2.00 & = 0.20 and for Olive-pomace oil, the absorbency in ultra-violet at 270nm was set at = 1.70 and the delta K value was set at = 0.18.
Also, the food authority has added provisions for moringa oil which is obtained from moringa seeds.
The parameters include refractive index at 40°c with limit of 1.4520 – 1.4680, saponification value at 167-192, iodine value at 65-70, and unsaponifiable matter not more than 1.5 per cent by mass 5 with acid value not more than 6.0.
Further, the amendment regulations prescribe standards for Solvent Extracted Crude Vegetable Oils (not for direct human consumption).
The regulations define ‘solvent extracted crude vegetable oils’ as vegetable oils extracted using food grade hexane from sources mentioned in standards of respective edible oils under sub-regulation 2.2.1 of the Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Regulations.
“These oils as such are not for direct human consumption and shall be refined before human consumption, which shall conform to the standards specified for refined vegetable oils laid down under clause 16 of regulation 2.2.1,” reads the notification.
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