Survey to Determine Compliance with New Methodologies in International Standards
Guillaume, C; Ravetti,L; Ruiz, N and Zaparenkov, D.
Modern Olives, Lara, Victoria, Australia.

This survey was designed to determine what new quality parameters may become issues in trade and what are the reasons, if any, for the non-compliance of those parameters. The aim of this research project is to evaluate the performance of Australian olive oils when analysed according to those recently introduced or modified analytical methods utilised in international standards. The findings of this research project would allow to the industry to know the variation of genuine Australian oils, at different harvest times and different varieties for those new or modified analytical methods.
Results presented show that, unlike previous situations with sterols and/or fatty acid profiles, Australian oils wouldn’t have significant issues to comply with the most recent changes in methods and limits adopted by the International Olive Council. The outcomes show that the number of deviations from new proposed analysis in international trading standards is minimum. Furthermore, it was possible to confirm that the IOC method of Fatty Acid Alkyl (Ethyl) Esters is not suitable to detect deodorised oils as originally proposed by the international body according to the IOC Decision Nº DEC-18/96-V/2008, where the IOC adopted this method in order to detect the fraudulent admixture of deodorised olive oil to extra virgin olive oil.