Regulations under the food and drugs act made by order in council 16th August, 1934 / [Canada, Department of Pensions and National Health].

Canada. Department of Pensions and National Health

Date:: [1934?]

Credit: Regulations under the food and drugs act made by order in council 16th August, 1934 / [Canada, Department of Pensions and National Health]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$some foods. They shall be dry and sweet in flavour and odour. 1. Olive Oil, Sweet Oil, shall be entirely a pro- duct of the fruit of the olive tree. Its specific gravity, at 15-5° C., is not less than 0-9140 nor more than 0-9196; refractive index, at 15-°5° C., not less than 1-4700 nor more than 1°4718; Maumené number between 42 and 52; iodine absorption num- ber (using Hanus solution) between 77 and 94; saponification number (Koettstorfer number) be- tween 185-0 and 195-0; free fatty acids not more than 3-5 per cent. 2. Cotton Seed Oil shall be the oi] obtained from the seeds of cotton plants and subjected to refin- ing processes. It shall be free from rancidity; the specific gravity, at 15:5° C., shall be between 0-:9216 and 0-9300; refractive index at 25° C. not less than 1-4700 and not more than 1:4725; iodine number not less than 104 nor more than 116. 3. Cacao Butter, Coco Butter, shall be the edible fat obtained from sound cacao beans either before or after roasting. 4. Coconut Oil, Copra Oil, shall be the edible oil obtained from the kernels of coconuts. 5. Cochin Oil shall be coconut oil prepared in Cochin (Malabar). 6. Ceylon Oil shall be coconut oil prepared in Ceylon. 7. Corn Oil, Maize Oil, shall be the edible oil obtained from the germ of Indian corn (maize, Zea mays L.) 8. Palm Kernel Oil shall be the edible oil obtained from the kernels of the fruit of the palm tree (Hlaeis guineensis, L.). 9. Peanut Oil, Arachis Oil, Earthnut Oil, shall be the edible oi] obtained from the peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.). 10. Poppy Seed Oil shall be the edible oil obtained from the seeds of the poppy (Papaver somniferum L.). 11. Rape Seed Oil, Colza Oil, shall be the edible oil obtained from the seeds of the rape plant (Brassica).$