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COMMODITY SPECIFICATION
REFINED CORN OIL


The corn oil shall be clear and brilliant when held at 70 degrees to 85 degree Fahrenheit.  The corn oil shall be free from sediment, such as metal, wood, dirt, glass, paint, insects, insect parts, or any other foreign material.  The corn oil shall have a bland odor and flavor and shall be free from beany, rancid, painty, musty, metallic, fishy, putrid, or any other undesirable odor and/or flavor.  The corn oil shall have a light viscosity and shall not have a heavy oily mouth feel.

The corn oil must be fortified with vitamin A (retinol palmitate) at the rate of 60-75 IU/g.

Analytical Requirements

Bleached, Deodorized, Refined and Winterized

Item

Requirements
Minimum Maximum
Color Lovibond Scale 2 red 20 yellow
Moisture and Volatile Matter (percent by weight)   0.6
Insoluble Impurities   NONE
Free Fatty Acids as oleic, (percent) by weight, 1/ 2/   0.05
Peroxide Value (meg/kg), 1/   1.0
Stability, Active Oxygen Method (AOM) 12 hours  
     

1/ Determination shall be made within seven days after packaging.
2/ Maximum of 0.06 percent free fatty acid will be acceptable if propyl gallate is added as
    an antioxidant.

Packaging

4 liter steel cans, 20-liter steel pails, or 208-liter steel drums