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Schedule 8 METHODS OF MANUFACTURE OF TALLOW DERIVATIVES

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The following are the methods of manufacture referred to in regulation 5(5)—

(a)

transesterification or hydrolysis at at least 200°C, 40 bars (40,000 hPa) for 20 minutes (glycerol and fatty acids and esters);

(b)

saponification with sodium hydroxide solution, c(NaOH) = 12 mol/1 (glycerol and soap)—

(i)

batch process: at 95°C for three hours; or

(ii)

transesterification or hydrolysis at a temperature of at least 200°C and at an appropriate corresponding pressure, for 20 minutes (glycerol, fatty acids and fatty acid esters).