“Experience in Codex Activities”

Dr. Khin Moe KyawAssistant DirectorDepartment of Agriculture

20.12.2016

International benchmarks

• Protect the health of consumers

• Ensure fair practices in international food trade

• Coordinate all food standardization work at the international level

National Edible Oil Quality Control Laboratory (NEOQCL)

• Protect the health of edible oil consumers

237 Pages

- Why do we need standards for edible oil industry ??

- Why oil adulteration practices are common in Myanmar??

- What are the practices of adulteration??

- How suffer the consumers and producers ??-a lot of scope to pursue the dangerous practice of

adulteration the oil with cheaper and unhygienic varieties of oils

No. Parameters Soybean Groundnut Sesame Sunflower Palm oil

1

Relative Density (at 20 C)

0.919 to 0.925 0.914 to 0.917 0.915 to 0.923 0.918 to 0.923 0.891 to 0.899

(50°C)

2Refractive index (nD

40) 1.466 to 1.470 1.460 to 1.465 1.465 to 1.469 1.467 to 1.469 1.449 to 1.455

(nD50)

3 Saponification value 189 to 195 187 to 196 187 to 195 188 to 194 190 to 209

(mg KOH/g oil)

4 Iodine value 120 to 143 80 to 106 104 to 120 110 to 143 50 to 55

(Wijs)

5 Unsponifiable matter Not more than Not more than Not more than Not more than Not more than

(g/kg oil) 15 10 20 15 12

6 Acid value Not more than Not more than Not more than Not more than Not more than

(mg KOH/g oil ) 0.6 4 4 4 10

7 Peroxide value Not more than Not more than Not more than Not more than Not more than(meq peroxide O2 / kg oil)

10 10 10 10 10

8 Antifoaming agent 10 10 10 10 10

(mg/ kg)9 Crystallization

Inhibitor 250 250 250 250

oxystearin (mg/kg)

Codex standards by FAO/WHO for fats and oils from vegetable sources.(for soybean, Groundnut, Sesame, Sunflower and Palm oil)

(Ref. Fats, oils and related products, volume 8, 2001 revised)

Codex use as References

• To select Parameters (Quality and Food Safety) from Codex standards to analyze in Laboratory.

• Procure analytical equipments depend upon the parameters selected from Codex.

Codex use as References Food safety

• Chemical contaminants

– General standard for Contaminants and Toxins in Food and Feed Codex stan 193-1995 Revised in 1997, 2006, 2008, 2009 Amended in 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015.

– The GMS countries must have the national capacity to analyse the contaminants according to Codex standard 193-1995 !!!!

Total Aflatoxin in Peanut

P-13

• Codex (193-1995 Version 2016) has set maximum levels of 15 μg/kg for aflatoxins in peanuts (shelled, ready-to-eat)

Heavy metal Arsenic in Edible fats and oils

Commodity /Product name

Maximum Level ( ML)Mg/kg

Portion of the Commodity /Product to which the ML applies

Remarks

Edible fats and oils 0.1 Whole commodity See CODEX STAN193-1995( 2016)

Codex Pesticides Residue

16

Codex developed Code of practices

- General Principles of Food Hygiene (51)

- Guidelines (73)

- Standards (212)

- Recommendations (5)

•Quality standards are typically imposed for reasons of public health and food safety

• Particular importance to safeguard from biological and chemical contamination

• Require certification of exported/imported goods.

•The FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarious is the major international source of such food safety standards.

Quality Standards and Food Safety Control

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