Vegetable oil： understand the vegetable oil standard in one article
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According to the definition of the Standards Law of the People’s Republic of China, standards include national standards, industry standards, local standards, group standards, and enterprise standards. National standards are divided into mandatory standards, recommended standards, and industry standards and local standards are recommended standards.
Mandatory standards must be implemented. The state encourages the adoption of recommended standards. The technical requirements of recommended national standards, industry standards, local standards, group standards, and enterprise standards shall not be lower than the relevant technical requirements of mandatory national standards. The state encourages social groups and enterprises to formulate group standards and enterprise standards that are higher than the relevant technical requirements of recommended standards.
I. National Standards
National standards are prepared by the standardization administrative department of the State Council, organized and drafted, and approved, numbered and issued uniformly. National standards are divided into mandatory national standards and recommended national standards.
Mandatory national standard code: GB
Recommended national standard code: GB/T
Rapeseed oil: recommended national standard GB/T 1536-2021
On October 11, 2021, the General Administration for Market Supervision and the National Standards Committee issued the National Standards Announcement No. 12, which includes the new version of the national standard GB/T 1536-2021 for rapeseed oil, which will be implemented from May 1, 2022. The original standard GB/T 1536-2004 was replaced, which was issued on August 13, 2004 and implemented on February 1, 2005. The earliest national standard for rapeseed oil is GB 1536-1986, which is a mandatory national standard. It was issued on April 24, 1979, implemented on April 1, 1987, and abolished on February 1, 2005.
The important changes to the new national standard involve the following:
1) Scope of application
It is clear that the new standard does not apply to high oleic acid rapeseed oil (the highest oleic acid content or up to 85%), but the new standard applies to general rapeseed oil, that is, the oleic acid content is about 40%.
2) Canola oil classification terms
The original standard divides rapeseed oil into three categories: rapeseed crude oil, crushed finished rapeseed oil, and leached finished rapeseed oil.
The new standard specifies the classification standard into two dimensions. According to the degree of processing, it is divided into rapeseed crude oil and finished rapeseed oil. According to the erucic acid content of the oil in rapeseed, it is divided into ordinary rapeseed oil and low erucic acid rapeseed oil.
3) Grade and Quality Standards of Finished Rapeseed Oil
The finished rapeseed oil includes pressed rapeseed oil and leached rapeseed oil. The new standard stipulates different Quality Standards for the two rapeseed oils, adjusting from the previous four grades to two grades of pressed rapeseed oil and three grades of leached rapeseed oil, and adjusting the acid value, smoke point and other indicators respectively.
In general, the higher the degree of refining, the higher the smoke point, that is, the higher the smoke point of the first-grade oil than the second-grade oil, the higher the degree of refining, but the refining process also inevitably loses some nutrients.
The new standard follows the concept of moderate processing, and under the premise of meeting food safety standards, the acid value of pressed primary oil and secondary oil is adjusted from 0.2mg/g and 0.3mg/g to 1.5mg/g and 3.0mg/g respectively; at the same time, the smoke point requirement for pressed rapeseed oil is cancelled.
Data source: National Standardization Administration
The new standard adjusts the acid value of the leached primary oil, secondary oil, and tertiary oil from 0.2mg/g, 0.3mg/g, and 1.0mg/g to 1.5mg/g, 2.0mg/g, and 3.0mg/g, respectively. The new standard only stipulates the smoke point of the leached primary oil, which is adjusted from 215 ° C to 190 ° C. There is no smoke point regulation for the leached secondary oil and tertiary oil. Enterprises do not need to over-refine, and more nutrients are retained in the oil, which is conducive to healthy consumption.
Data source: National Standardization Administration
II. Industry standards
Industry standards refer to technical requirements that do not have recommended national standards and need to be unified within an industry across the country. Industry standards are prepared by the relevant administrative departments of the State Council, organized and drafted, approved, numbered, and issued uniformly, and reported to the standardization administrative department of the State Council for the record. Industry standards are abolished by themselves after the implementation of the corresponding national standards.
Industry standard codes for various industries vary, with the agricultural industry standard code being NY.
Industry standards related to rapeseed oil include NY/T 416-2000 Low Erucic Acid Rapeseed Oil, NY/T 2002-2011 Determination of Erucic Acid in Rapeseed Oil, NY/T 2003-2011 Determination of Oxidative Stability of Rapeseed Oil Accelerated Oxidation Test, and the repealed NY 5118-2002 Pollution Free Food Rapeseed Oil.
III. Local standards
Local standards may be formulated for the safety and hygiene requirements of industrial products that do not have national standards or industry standards but need to be unified within the province, autonomous region or municipality directly under the Central Government. Items for formulating local standards shall be determined by the standardization administrative department of the people’s government of the province, autonomous region or municipality directly under the Central Government.
Local standards shall be prepared by the standardization administrative department of the people’s government of the province, autonomous region or municipality directly under the Central Government, organized and drafted, approved, numbered and issued uniformly, and reported to the standardization administrative department of the State Council and the relevant administrative department of the State Council for the record. Where the law provides otherwise for the formulation of local standards, the provisions of the law shall be implemented. Local standards shall be abolished on their own after the implementation of the corresponding national standards or industry standards.
The local standard code is "DB" plus the administrative division codes of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government, such as DB61/T 508.6-2011 selenium-enriched double-low rapeseed oil, which is the local standard of Shaanxi Province.
IV. Group standards
In the absence of national standards, industry standards, and local standards, social groups can develop group standards, respond quickly to innovation and market demand for standards, and fill existing standards gaps.
The group standard code is generally "T" plus the social group code, the group standard sequence number and the era number. The group standards related to rapeseed oil that are still in effect are shown in the table below.
Data source: public information collation, SDIC Anxin Futures collation
V. Enterprise standards
If the products produced by an enterprise do not have national standards, industry standards and local standards, corresponding enterprise standards shall be formulated as the basis for organizing production. Enterprise standards shall be formulated by the enterprise organization (the measures for formulating agricultural enterprise standards shall be determined separately), and shall be filed in accordance with the regulations of the people’s governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government.
Where there are existing national standards, industry standards, or local standards, enterprises are encouraged to formulate enterprise standards that are stricter than the requirements of national standards, industry standards, or local standards, and apply them within the enterprise.
Enterprise standard code is generally Q.
