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Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

The characteristics of rectified olive oil referred to in the Table are as hereinafter described—

Iodine value (Wijs) = 80 to 88
Refractive index at 25°C = 1.4665 to 1.4679
Acidity (expressed as % of oleic acid) = 0.5% maximum
Peroxide number (expressed as oxygen milliequivalents per kg of oil) = 10 maximum