Olive oil; (HS: 1509); (ICS: 67.200.10)

SI 191 - Olive oil (17 page(s), in English; 9 page(s), in Hebrew)

Revision of the Mandatory Standard SI 191 dealing with olive oil. This standard adopts the International Olive Oil Council's document COI/T.15/NC No 3/ Rev.11: July 2016 called "Trade Standard Applying to Olive Oils and Olive-Pomace Oils". The major differences between the old version and this new revised draft standard are as follow:

·         Changes few of the definitions(paragraph 2);

·         Updates the criteria for the oil's purity (paragraph 3);

·         Updates few of the quality criteria (paragraph 4);

·         Changes few of the methods of analysis and sampling (paragraph 11). 

All sections and sub-sections of the new revised standard will be announced mandatory.