# ISO 5519:1978 — Withdrawn and superseded ISO standards For ISO 5519:1978, item title is Fruits, vegetables and derived products — Determination of sorbic acid content; status code is 9599; successor is ISO/CD 5519 | ISO 5519:2008; withdrawn / published date is 1978-09-01, recorded from its source on 2026-08-05. - **Identifier:** ISO 5519:1978 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Item title:** Fruits, vegetables and derived products — Determination of sorbic acid content _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Status code:** 9599 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Successor:** ISO/CD 5519 | ISO 5519:2008 - **Withdrawn / published date:** 1978-09-01 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ ## What the source says > 11573,IS,,ISO 5519:1978,"Fruits, vegetables and derived products — Determination of sorbic acid content","Fruits, légumes et produits dérivés — Détermination de la teneur en acide sorbique",1978-09-01,1,['67.080.01'],ISO/TC 34/SC 3,9599,,"[22903,41185]","['en','fr']",6,"
The method consists in homogenizing the product, followed by quantitative entraining, by steam, of the acid present in a test portion, determination of the acid in the destillate obtained, either by spectrophotometry in the ultra-violet range (technique A) or by measuring by photocolorimetry or by spectrophotometry the pink colour obtained after oxidation by chromic acid and then treatment with thiobarbituric acid (techniq ## Source - https://isopublicstorageprod.blob.core.windows.net/opendata/_latest/iso_deliverables_metadata/csv/iso_deliverables_metadata.csv Last verified: 2026-08-05. Review by: 2027-02-01. Part of [Withdrawn and superseded ISO standards](https://referencesource.org/iso-standard-supersessions/).