The invention relates to a process for decreasing the amount of
environmental pollutants in a mixture comprising a fat or an oil, being
edible or for use in cosmetics, the fat or oil containing the
environmental pollutants, which process comprises the steps of adding a
volatile working fluid to the mixture, where the volatile working fluid
comprises at least one of a fatty acid ester, a fatty acid amide, a free
fatty acid and a hydro-carbon, and subjecting the mixture with the added
volatile working fluid to at least one stripping processing step, in
which an amount of environmental pollutant present in the fat or oil,
being edible or for use in cosmetics, is separated from the mixture
together with the volatile working fluid. The present invention also
relates to a volatile environmental pollutants decreasing working fluid,
for use in decreasing an amount of environmental pollutants present in a
fat or oil, being edible or for use in cosmetics. In addition, the
present invention relates to a health supplement, a pharmaceutical and an
animal feed product prepared according to the process mentioned above.