Heavy Metals in Vegetable Oil Quality Control

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Product Specification

QC/RM information
Product Code Material Matrix Approx. Size
FCCM45-OIL30QC

T07440QC

Vegetable Oil

50 ml

Analytes

Arsenic (total), Copper, Iron, Lead

Validity Date

07/06/2024

Test Description

The presence of metals in food is of particular concern due to their toxicity. These naturally occurring chemicals can occur as residues in food by a range of mechanisms such as their natural presence in the environment or contamination during food processing and storage. Their accumulation in the body can lead to harmful effects over time and their presence in foodstuffs is strictly regulated.

Heavy, toxic metals such as arsenic, cadmium, lead and mercury are often found in food, either as a natural contaminant or a contaminant from production.

Trace elements in foodstuffs need not be toxic however. Iron and Copper in trace quantities can prove beneficial when consumed and as such it is important to quantify accurately the levels of these analytes within edible oils to allow customers to make well informed and correct purchasing decisions.

Fapas quality control materials provide valuable insights into your testing ability across a longer timescale. Through effective quality assurance programmes, quality control materials can be used to standardise your testing practices across your laboratories, through activities such as staff training and instrumentation verification.

Vegetable oils can cause a range of challenges for food testing labs. This is due to the potentially complex nature when oil blends and large scale production occur. Within a growing global population this trend of large scale production is sure to continue and as such accurate testing will continue to be required to identify any low quality produce.

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