# Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2568/91 of 11 July 1991 on the characteristics of olive oil and olive-residue oil and on the relevant methods of analysis, Division 1: SCOPE

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

This Annex gives guidance on the gas chromatographic determination of free and bound fatty acids in vegetable fats and oils following their conversion into fatty acid methyl esters (FAME).
The bound fatty acids of the triacylglycerols (TAGs) and, depending on the esterification method, the free fatty acids (FFA), are converted into fatty acid methyl esters (FAME), which are determined by capillary gas chromatography.
The method described in this Annex allows the determination of FAME from C 12 to C 24 , including saturated, cis- and transmonounsaturated and cis- and trans-polyunsaturated fatty acid methyl esters.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/1991/2568/annex/X/division/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1991-2568/annex-X/division-1
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