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      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">international-journal-of-forensic-legal-and-health-sciences</journal-id>
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        <journal-title>International Journal of Forensic, Legal, and Health Sciences</journal-title>
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      <issn publication-format="electronic">3139-5236</issn>
      <issn publication-format="print">Awaited</issn>
      <publisher>
        <publisher-name>SPJ PUBLICATION</publisher-name>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.62502/ijflhs/v1i2art3</article-id>
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        <article-title>Detection and Characterisation of Adulteration in Commercial Edible Oils Using Physicochemical Parameters and Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS)</article-title>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Kumar</surname>
            <given-names>Ravi</given-names>
          </name>
          <aff>TMU Moradabad</aff>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Kumar</surname>
            <given-names>Ashish</given-names>
          </name>
          <aff>TMU Moradabad</aff>
        </contrib>
      </contrib-group>
      <volume>1</volume>
      <issue>2</issue>
      <fpage>13</fpage>
      <lpage>19</lpage>
      <pub-date date-type="pub">
        <day>30</day>
        <month>06</month>
        <year>2026</year>
      </pub-date>
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        <p>Edible oil adulteration is a significant food safety issue that compromises nutritional quality, product authenticity, and consumer health. This study investigated the quality of ten commercially and locally available edible oils using a combination of physicochemical analysis and gas chromatography&amp;ndash;mass spectrometry (GC&amp;ndash;MS). Free fatty acid content, acid value, moisture content, relative density, refractive index, and saponification value were determined and compared with standard reference ranges. Several samples, particularly local refined, peanut, yellow-seed, olive, and sunflower oils, exhibited values exceeding acceptable limits, indicating possible adulteration or quality deterioration. GC&amp;ndash;MS analysis of commercial mustard and refined oils identified their characteristic fatty acid profiles while also detecting glycidyl palmitate, a processing-related contaminant, and linoleyl palmitate, suggesting compositional alterations. The findings demonstrate that integrating routine physicochemical testing with GC&amp;ndash;MS provides a reliable and effective approach for detecting adulteration, assessing edible oil quality, and supporting food safety surveillance and regulatory quality control.</p>
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        <kwd>Edible oils</kwd>
        <kwd>Adulteration</kwd>
        <kwd>Physicochemical analysis</kwd>
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