Amendment to the Standard for fatty spreads and blended spreads
Oman
Mar 04, 2025
The Ministry of Trade and Industry and Investment Promotion has published the modification of GSO 2229:2021: Standard for fatty spreads and mixed spreads. Item No. 1: This GCC standard is concerned with fatty products that contain at least 10 percent and not more than 90 percent of fat, intended primarily for use as spreadable products. It does not apply to: - Fatty spreads derived exclusively from milk and/or milk products to which other substances necessary for processing have been added. - Products in which the fat content is less than 2/3 of the dry matter (excluding salt). -Butter and dairy spreads. - Item No. 2: Adding Technical Regulation GSO 2483:2022 on trans fats" in Complementary References. - Item No. 8/4: Fats of animal origin must be produced from animals in good health at the time of slaughter and fit for human consumption and slaughtered in accordance with the requirements of the Gulf Standard in clause 2/3, (and fats and oils that have undergone modified physical or chemical processes including fractionation, internal esterification or total hydrogenation). - Item No. 4: Add a clause in General Requirements and Quality Requirements 4/12 (Products must be completely free of partially hydrogenated oils.
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