[F1ANNEX XVII U.K. METHOD FOR THE DETERMINATION OF STIGMASTADIENES IN VEGETABLE OILS

2. SCOPE U.K.

The standard may be applied to all vegetable oils although measurements are reliable only where the content of these hydrocarbons lies between 0,01 and 4,0 mg/kg. The method is particularly suited to detecting the presence of refined vegetable oils (olive, olive residue, sunflower, palm, etc.) in virgin olive oil since refined oils contained stigmastadienes and virgin oils do not.]