Ms 815: Palm Stearin

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MS 815 (2007) (English): PALM STEARIN - SPECIFICATION (SECOND REVISION)

MALAYSIAN MS 815:2007 STANDARD

PALM STEARIN - SPECIFICATION (SECOND REVISION)

les: 67.200.10

DescDescrriptorsiptors:: palmpalm stearin,stea rin , specificationspecification

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CONTENTSCONTENTS

Page

CommitteeCommittee representationrepresentation...... ii

ForewordForeword ...... iiiiii

ScopeScope ......

22 NormativeNormative ReferencesReferences ......

33 Definitions·Definitions· ......

44 IdentityIdentity characteristics...... characteristics ...... 2

55 QualityQuality characteristics...... characteristics...... 22

66 Hygiene...... Hygiene...... 3

77 PackagingPackaging andand labellinglabelling...... ,...... ,...... ,...... 4

88 CertificationCertification...... ,...... " ...... ,...... 5

99 SamplingSampling andand testingtesting ...... 5

1010 ComCom pliance pliance ...... 5

1111 LegalLegal requirementsrequirements ...... 5

TablesTables

IdentityIdentity characteristicscharacteristics forfor palmpalm stearin...... stearin ...... 3

22 QualityQuality requirementsrequirements forfor palmpalm stearinstearin productsproducts ...... 4

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Committee representation

The Food and Food Products Industry Standards Committee (lSC(ISC U) under whose authority thisthis Malaysian Standard was developed, comprises representatives from the followingfollowing organisations:

Department of Agriculture

Department of Chemistry Malaysia

Department of Standards Malaysia

Federal Agricultural Marketing Authority

Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers

Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development InstituteInstitute

Malaysian Association of Standards Users

Malaysian InstituteInstitute of Food Technology

Malaysian Palm Oil Association

Malaysian Palm Oil Board

Ministry of Agriculture and Agro-Based Industry

Ministry of Health Malaysia

Ministry of International Trade and Industry

Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (National(National Biotechnology Division)

Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

Universiti Putra Malaysia

The Technical Committee on Fats andand Oils which developed thisthis Malaysian Standard was managed byby thethe Malaysian Palm Oil Board inin itsits capacity as an authorised Standards-Writing Organisation andand consistsconsists ofof representativesrepresentatives fromfrom thethe followingfollowing organisations:

Kumpulan Guthrie Berhad

Malayan Edible Oil Manufacturers' Association

Malaysian Oleochemical Manufacturers' Group

Malaysian Palm Oil Association

Malaysian Palm Oil Board (Secretariat)(Secretariat)

Ministry of Health Malaysia

Palm Oil Refiners Association of Malaysia

SIRIM Berhad

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FOREWORD

This Malaysian Standard was developed by the Technical Committee on Fats and Oils under the authority of the Food and Food Products Industry Standards Committee. Development of this standard was carried out by thethe Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB)(MPOB) which isis thethe Standards-Writing Organisation (SWO) appointed by SIRIM Berhad to develop standards forfor palm oil products, oil-based food products, oleochemicals, palm kernel products and oil palm based products.

This Malaysian Standard is the second revision of MS 815, Specification forfor palm stearin.

The major modifications in this revision are as follows: a) The scope and definitions have been amended toto includeinclude stearins fromfrom multi-stages fractionation. Separate definitions have been stipulated forfor refined,refined, bleached and deodorised palm stearin and neutralised, bleached and deodorised palm stearin. b) The colour specification for refined, bleached and deodorised/neutralised, bleached and deodorised palm stearin inin Table 2 isis amended toto 3R. c) The range for total carotenoids has been amended to "300 toto 500mg/kg" inin lineline with values achieved in the industry.industry.

This Malaysian Standard cancels and replaces MS 815: 1991, Specification forfor palm stearin.

Compliance with a Malaysian Standard does not of itselfitself confer immunityimmunity fromfrom legallegal obligations.

PALM STEARIN -- SPECIFICATION (SECOND REVISION)

1. Scope

This Malaysian Standard specifies requirementsrequirements forfor different products of palm stearin, i.e.i.e. thethe high-melting fraction obtained from fractionationfractionation process of Malaysian palm oiloil throughthrough any of the followingfollowing three processes:- a) Dry fractionationfractionation throughthrough crystallisation of the oil by controlled cooling andand subsequentsubsequent filtration. b) Detergent fractionation through crystallisation of thethe oil by controlled cooling and separation of the fractionsfractions after addition of a surface active agent; afterafter fractionation,fractionation, the surface active agent isis removed by washing. c) Solvent fractionation through controlled crystallisation of thethe oil inin a solvent followedfollowed byby separation of thethe fractions;fractions; after separation, the solvent isis removed fromfrom each fraction.fraction.

2. Normative References

The following normative references are indispensableindispensable forfor thethe application of thisthis standard.standard. ForFor dated references, only thethe edition cited applies. For undated references, thethe latestlatest editionedition of the normative references (including any amendments) applies.

Malaysian Food Regulations 1985

MS 817, Method of tests forfor palm oil and palm oil products, relatedrelated series

MS 1231, Method of sampling for palm oil and palm oil products

3. Definitions

For the purposes of this standard, thethe followingfollowing definitions apply:-

3.1 Crude palm stearin

Crude palm stearin is thethe high-melting fractionfraction obtained by a one-stage or multi-stage fractionation of crude palm oil.

3.2 Neutralised palm stearin

Neutralised palm stearin is the high-melting fractionfraction obtained by a one-stage or multi-stage fractionation either from neutralised palm oil or fromfrom crude palm oil and subsequently neutralised with alkali.

3.3 Neutralised, bleached palm stearin

Neutralised bleached palm stearin isis thethe high-melting fractionfraction obtained by aa one-stage oror multi-stage fractionationfractionation either fromfrom neutralised and bleached palmpalm oiloil oror crude palmpalm oiloil andand subsequently neutralised with alkali and bleached with bleaching earth or fromfrom neutralised palm oil and subsequently bleached with bleaching earth or activated carboncarbon or both.

3.4 Refined, bleached and deodorised palm stearin

Refined, bleached and deodorised palm stearin isis thethe high-melting fractionfraction obtainedobtained byby oneone stage or multi-stage fractionationfractionation from refined,refined, bleached and deodorised palm oil.

3.5 Neutralised, bleached and deodorised palm stearinstearin

Neutralised bleached and deodorised palm stearin isis thethe high-melting fractionfraction obtained byby aa one-stage or multi-stage fractionation of crudecrude palm oil and subsequentlysubsequently refinedrefined by neutralisation with alkali, treatment with bleaching earth or activated carbon or both, and deodorised by steam; or thethe high-melting fraction obtained fromfrom thethe fractionationfractionation of neutralised, bleached and deodorised palm OIl.oil.

4. Identity characteristics

The identityidentity characteristics for palm stearinstearin are given inin Table 1. The rangesranges of thesethese identityidentity characteristics are not mandatory and are consideredconsidered as guideline levels.levels.

5. Quality characteristics

5.1 General characteristics

5.1.1 Colour at 55°C55 DC to 70 °CDC

The colour of crude or neutralised palm stearin shall be bright, clear,clear, and reddishreddish yellow. The colour of neutralised, bleached palm stearin shall be bright, clearclear and orange yellowyellow while thatthat for refined/neutralised, bleached and deodorised palm stearinstearin shallshall be bright,bright, clearclear andand lightlight yellow.

5.1.2 Odour

All palm stearin products shall be freefree fromfrom foreignforeign and rancid odour.

5.2 Quality requirements

5.2.1 This standard shall incorporateincorporate thethe followingfollowing palm stearin products: a) Crude palm stearin. b) Neutralised palm stearin.

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Table 1. IdentityIdentity characteristics forfor palm stearinstearin

IdentityIdentity characteristics Observed rangerange

Apparent density, g/ml, at 60°C 0.881 3 toto 0.8844

Refractive index,index, nonD 40°C 1.4482 toto 1.450 11

Saponification value, mg KOH/g oil 193 toto 205205

Unsaponifiable matter, % 0.30 toto 0.90

Fatty acid composition (wt % as methyl esters) C12:0 0.1 toto 0.3 C14:0 1.1 toto 1.7 C16:0 49.8 toto 68.1 C16:1 < 0.05 toto 0.1 C18:0 3.9 toto 5.6 C1B:1C18:1 20.4 toto 34.4 C18:2 5.0 toto B.98.9 C18:3 0.1 toto 0.5 C20:0 0.3 toto 0.6

Iodine value (Wijs) 27.8 t045.1to 45.1

Slip melting point, °C 46.6 toto 53.8

Total carotenoids (as p-carotene),,B-carotene), mg/kg 300 to 500

NOTE. The identityidentity characteristics of processed palm oil differ inin no significant ways fromfrom thosethose of crude palmpalm oil with the exception of caretenoids. c) Neutralised, bleached palm stearin. d) Refined, bleached and deodorised palm stearin. e) neutralised, bleached and deodorised palm stearin.

5.2.2 The product, at the time of shipment as per current trade practice, i.e.i.e. at thethe point and time of delivery of the oil from sellers' tanks, whether ex-refinery, ex-bulking installation,installation, or otherwise, as the case may be, shall conform to the requirements prescribed inin Table 2.

5. Hygiene

The product shall be processed and packed in premise licensed under hygienic conditions inin accordance with the public health legislation currently inin force in Malaysia.

Table 2.2. Quality requirementsrequirements forfor palmpalm stearinstearin productsproducts

ProductProduct requirementsrequirements

Refined, bleached Characteristics Refined, bleached Neutralised,Neutralised, andand deodorisedldeodorisedl CrudeCrude Neutralised bleached neutralised,neutralised, bleachedbleached andand deodoriseddeodorised !

Free fattyfatty acid (as(as 5.0 0.250.25 0.250.25 0.200.20 palmitic), % max.

Moisture and impurities,impurities, % 0.25 0.15 0.15 0.150.15 max.

Iodine value (Wijs), max. 48 4848 48 48

Slip melting point, "C°C min. 44 44 44 4444 4444

Colour, 133.35 mm (5% in)in) - - 20R 3R3R Lovibond, max.

7. Packaging and labelling

7.1 Packaging

The product shall be supplied in bulk or inin rust-free steel drums, or as agreedagreed upon between the purchaser and the supplier.

7.2. Labelling

7.2.1 The product shall comply with current Malaysian Food Regulations 1985 on labelling.labelling.

7.2.2 The package shall be marked legiblylegibly and indelibly with thethe following information:information: a) name of thethe product; b) weight of the product; c) producer's name and address or trademark; d) month and year of manufacture and lot identificationidentification or code; and e) country of origin.

8. Certification

8.1 Each product, may be the arrangement with a recognisedrecognised certificationcertification body, be marked with the certification mark of that body, provided thethe product conformsconforms toto thethe requirementrequirement ofof the Malaysian Standard.

8.2 The product may be certified Ha/a/Ha/al by a recognisedrecognised authority.

9. Sampling and testing

Representative samples of the product shall be drawn according toto thethe method prescribed inin MS 1231 and thethe sample shall be prepared according toto MS 817: Part 1. Tests shallshall bebe carried out accordin.gaccordi~g to thethe methods prescribed inin thethe relatedrelated seriesseries of MS 817.

10. Compliance

10.1 Upon testing,testing, when each of thethe samples isis foundfound toto conformconform toto thethe requirementsrequirements specified inin this standard, thethe lot,lot, batch or consignment fromfrom whichwhich thethe samples havehave been drawn shall be deemed to comply with this Malaysian Standard.

10.2 In this context, the term 'sample''sample' shall be takentaken toto includeinclude also 'composite'composite samplesample oror samples' where appropriate as agreed upon mutually between sellerseller and buyer.

11. Legal requirements

The product, inin all other aspects, shall comply with thethe requirementsrequirements of thethe legislationlegislation currently inin forceforce inin Malaysia.

Members of Technical Committee on Fats and Oils

Data Dr. Mohd Basri Wahid (Chairman) Malaysian Palm Oil Board

Dato Dr ChooChao Yuen May (Co-Chairman) Malaysian Palm Oil Board

Dr SlewSiew Wai Lin (Secretary) Malaysian Palm Oil Board

Mr Thong Pow Wah Kumpulan Guthrie Berhad

Mr Low ThinglThing! Malayan Edible Oil Manufacturers' Mr Wong Hwa Sin Association

Mr Tan Boon TTeck! eckl Malaysian Oleochemicals Manufacturers' Dr Yap Soon Chee Group

Ms Ku Beng Hong Malaysian Palm Oil Association

Dr Ma Ah NganlNgan! Malaysian Palm Oil Board Dr Chong Chiew Let!LeU Dr Tan Yew AilAi! Mr Tang Thin Suel Ms Noraini Sudinl Mr Wang SooSao Khwanl Dr Ainie Kuntoml Ms Rozita Baharuddin

Ms Zaleena Zainuddinl Ministry of Health Malaysia Ms Roziaton Abdul Wahab

Dr Tan Boon Keng Palm Oil Refiners Association of Malaysia

Ms Zainorni Mohd Janis SIRIM Berhad