What is ISO 3065 about?
ISO 3065 specifies certain characteristics of the essential oil of Eucalyptus, Australian type, with a view to facilitating the assessment of its quality.
Who is ISO 3065 for?
ISO 3065 on essential oil of eucalyptus, Australian type is useful for:
- Quality control laboratories
- Distilleries Industrial companies for packaging, labelling, marking, and storage
Why should you use ISO 3065?
Essential oil of Eucalyptus, which is used as a medicine to treat a variety of common diseases and conditions including nasal congestion, asthma, and as a tick repellent. In order to make essential oils commercially available, the different factors involved in the production of essential oils must be taken into account since the induction into its substance synthesis could affect the specific compounds of interest and their economic applications, as well as affecting the standard amount of produced oil.
ISO 3065 provides requirements for safety reasons, transport companies, insurance companies and people in charge of safety services require information on the flashpoints of essential oils, which in most cases are flammable products.
ISO 3065 provides characteristics that helps the manufacturer to determine the purity of the source and the authenticity of the plant which will ensure in producing good quality of the essential oil.
ISO 3065 provides a method of analysis which will help you know the authenticity of the essential oil which will help you identify the reliability of the product.
ISO 3065 provides requirements of the essential oil that will help you in labelling your products which will help you prove the purity of your product.
What’s changed since the last update?
BS ISO 3065:2021 supersedes BS ISO 3065:2011, which is withdrawn.
BS ISO 3065:2021 includes some technical changes with respect to BS ISO 3065:2011. These include:
- The title has been changed
- The structure of the standard has been revised
- 3.1 has been reworded to include essential oil containing a volume fraction above 80 % of 1,8-cineole, obtained by steam distillation of foliage of eucalyptus
- Substantial changes to some components have been included, mainly a higher upper limit for 1,8-cineole and the omission of camphene, β-pinene, α-terpineol, and camphor
- Camphene and camphor have been omitted from peak identification
