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Mildly (peroxide value: 1.0 meq O2\/kg) and highly (peroxide value: 7.5 meq O2\/kg) oxidized palm oil was stored, after fortification with 60 International Units\/g retinyl palmitate, in 0.5 L transparent polyethylene terephthalate bottles under cold fluorescent lighting (12 h\/day) at 32 \u00b0C for 57 days. An increase of the peroxide value by 15 meq O2\/kg, which was also reflected by a decrease of \u03b1-tocopherol congener by 15%\u201318%, was determined independent of the initial rancidity. The oxidative deterioration of the highly oxidized palm oil during storage was correlated with a significant 46% decline of the vitamin A content. However, household storage of mildly oxidized palm oil for two months did not induce any losses of vitamin A. 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