Food and Drug Regulations

B.09.004 [S]. Cotton Seed Oil

• (a) shall be the oil of seeds of cultivated Gossypium spp.;

• (b) shall have

  • (i) a relative density (20°C/water at 20°C) of not less than 0.918 and not more than 0.926,

  • (ii) a refractive index (n_D40°C) of not less than 1.458 and not more than 1.466,

  • (iii) a saponification value (milligrams potassium hydroxide per gram of oil) of not less than 189 and not more than 198,

  • (iv) an iodine value (Wijs) of not less than 99 and not more than 119,

  • (v) an unsaponifiable matter content of not more than 15 grams per kilogram,

  • (vi) a positive Halphen test,

  • (vii) an acid value of not more than 0.6 milligram potassium hydroxide per gram of oil, and

  • (viii) a peroxide value of not more than 10 milliequivalents peroxide oxygen per kilogram of oil; and

• (c) may contain oxystearin.