Rapeseed oil
8002-13-9 · Rapeseed oil · Rapeseed oilCAS 8002-13-9
This listing covers rapeseed oil for food use, including the low-erucic-acid varieties sold as canola. The erucic acid limit is the reason the modern crop exists: it was bred out.
Where it is and isn’t permitted
| Jurisdiction | Status | Scope and limits | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | Permitted | 21 CFR 184.1555retrieved 2026-09-07 | |
| Codex Alimentarius | Not listedDoes not appear on this jurisdiction’s permitted list. That is not the same as being prohibited. |
What it is made from
Pressed and refined from the seed of Brassica napus. Traditional rapeseed was high in erucic acid; canola was bred in the 1970s to be low in it.
- Vegan
- Vegetarian
- CAS registry number
- 8002-13-9
Every name it appears under
3 recorded names. A label may use any of them.
CAS registry number
- 8002-13-9
As it appears in regulation
- Rapeseed oil
Other names
- Rapeseed oil
Hazard reference values
No reference value for this substance in the sources we hold.
Evidence and how bodies read it
Studies, and the differing conclusions regulators drew from them, are curated by hand rather than machine-read, and none has been written for this substance yet.
Sources for this page
- ecfr retrieved 2026-09-07
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