In order to establish a strong line of defense against food safety and vigorously crack down on illegal addition of edible vegetable oil, the General Administration of Market Supervision recently issued the “Food Supplement Inspection Method for Determination of Ethyl Maltol in Edible Vegetable Oil”. Edible vegetable oil is a necessity for people's daily diet, and its quality and safety are directly related to people's health and people's livelihood and welfare. Ethyl maltol is an artificially synthesized food flavoring additive. Long-term intake of ethyl maltol added in violation of regulations poses a food safety risk. According to China's standards for the use of food additives, ethyl maltol is strictly prohibited from being added to edible vegetable oil. However, driven by high profits, illegal merchants illegally add ethyl maltol to poor quality vegetable oils and expired refurbished oils to cover up the hala smell caused by the oxidation and deterioration of fats, and falsify the rich aroma of high-end oils such as sesame oil and peanut oil to achieve the goal of obtaining high illegal profits by refilling them a second time and disguising the truth. The newly released supplementary inspection method optimizes the testing process and is suitable for mainstream edible vegetable oil categories such as soybean oil, peanut oil, and sesame oil. It has the advantages of low detection limits, strong anti-interference, and stable and reliable results, and can achieve accurate qualitative and quantitative testing of ethyl maltol. In the next step, market supervisory authorities will strengthen the application of methods and crack down on illegal acts of illegal addition and adulteration of edible vegetable oil, forcing manufacturers and operators to implement the main responsibility for food safety and protect the “safety on the tip of the tongue.”

In order to establish a strong line of defense against food safety and vigorously crack down on illegal addition of edible vegetable oil, the General Administration of Market Supervision recently issued the “Food Supplement Inspection Method for Determination of Ethyl Maltol in Edible Vegetable Oil”. Edible vegetable oil is a necessity for people's daily diet, and its quality and safety are directly related to people's health and people's livelihood and welfare. Ethyl maltol is an artificially synthesized food flavoring additive. Long-term intake of ethyl maltol added in violation of regulations poses a food safety risk. According to China's standards for the use of food additives, ethyl maltol is strictly prohibited from being added to edible vegetable oil. However, driven by high profits, illegal merchants illegally add ethyl maltol to poor quality vegetable oils and expired refurbished oils to cover up the hala smell caused by the oxidation and deterioration of fats, and falsify the rich aroma of high-end oils such as sesame oil and peanut oil to achieve the goal of obtaining high illegal profits by refilling them a second time and disguising the truth. The newly released supplementary inspection method optimizes the testing process and is suitable for mainstream edible vegetable oil categories such as soybean oil, peanut oil, and sesame oil. It has the advantages of low detection limits, strong anti-interference, and stable and reliable results, and can achieve accurate qualitative and quantitative testing of ethyl maltol. In the next step, market supervisory authorities will strengthen the application of methods and crack down on illegal acts of illegal addition and adulteration of edible vegetable oil, forcing manufacturers and operators to implement the main responsibility for food safety and protect the “safety on the tip of the tongue.”