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Earlier this year the American Emu Association (AEA) reported that there have been cases where emu oil has been adulterated or cut with other ingredients and then an attempt was made to pass the resulting product off as pure Emu Oil.

"We have heard of cases where unscrupulous dealers have cut the emu oil with vegetable oil or some other oil and then tried to sell it to an unsuspecting product company." Mike Eppley, president of the AEA.

Perhaps that is the reason that the AEA has made a random purchase of emu oil from different sources, including several online stores, eBay and Amazon, and directly from farms. Eleven total samples were purchased and sent to a lab that had never analyzed emu oil before thus removing any bias that might be present from labs that regularly analyze emu oil. A fatty acid profile was done on each sample, compared to the international trade rules for emu oil and only 5 of the eleven samples were confirmed as pure emu oil, in spite of the labels indicating that they were all pure emu oil. 6 of the eleven were found to be straight corn or soybean oil and or the same blended with emu oil.

In an earlier post, we described the AEA requirements for using the AEA Certified Emu Oil Seal, as well as the emu oil grading system. Please, if you are not purchasing your emu oil from us, be sure that you are getting what you pay for. 4 D Acres prides itself in providing you with the highest quality emu oil products.

Reputable emu oil distributors should have an available fatty acid profile of their oil that can be provided to customers and this can be compared to the international trade rules.

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