DIN Standards Committee Food and Agricultural Products
DIN EN ISO 12873
Olive oils and olive-pomace oils - Determination of wax content by capillary gas chromatography (ISO 12873:2010); German version EN ISO 12873:2014
Olivenöle und Oliventresteröle - Bestimmung des Wachsgehaltes mittels Kapillarsäulen-Gaschromatographie (ISO 12873:2010); Deutsche Fassung EN ISO 12873:2014
Overview
This International Standard specifies the determination of the wax content, as a mass fraction expressed in milligrams per kilogram, of olive oils and olive-pomace oils. The individual waxes are separated according to the number of carbon atoms. The method is recommended for distinguishing between olive oil obtained by pressing or centrifuging and that obtained from olive pomace (olive-pomace oil). The International Standard has been prepared by ISO/TC 34/SC 11 "Animal and vegetable fats and oils" (secretariat: BSI, United Kingdom). The responsible body for the European Standard is CEN/TC 307 "Oil seeds, vegetable and animal fats and oils and their by-products - Methods of sampling and analysis" (secretariat: AFNOR, France). On the national level, the standard is supervised by NA 057-05-05 AA "Gemeinschaftsausschuss für die Analytik von fetten, Ölen, Fettprodukten, verwandten Stoffen und Rohstoffen" (GA Fett) of the German Fat Research Society (DGF) ("Joint committee for the analysis of fats, oils and products thereof, related and primary products") and NAL.