FIRST: SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS
THE FOLLOWING SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS SHOULD BE MET IN WHITE SUGAR:
1- SUGAR SHOULD BE EXTRACTED FROM SOUND UNFERMENTED UNDECAYED SUGAR CANE OR SUGAR BEET.
2- WHITE SUGAR CRYSTALS UNIFORM IN SIZE WHICH PASSES THROUGH A SIEVE WITH OPENINGS OF (1.6) MM IN DIAMETER AND DOES NOT PASS THROUGH A SIEVE WITH OPENINGS OF (0.2) MM IN DIAMETER WHEN SHAKING 100 GMS OF SUGAR FOR 5 MINUTES IN INSTRUMENTS SPECIFIC FOR THAT PURPOSE.
3- SUGAR SHOULD BE CLEAN, FREE FROM ANY FOREIGN TASTE OR ODOUR WITH SWEET TASTE CHARACTERISTIC OF WHITE SUGAR WHETHER DRY OR IN SOLUTION.
4- SUGAR TO BE PURE REFINED DEODORIZED OF LATEST CROP(200…) PRODUCTION WITH GOOD TASTE AND SMELL.
5- THE CRYSTALS SHALL BE UNIFORM IN SIZE AND COLOUR.
6- SUGAR SHALL BE FREE FROM FOREIGN MATTERS, PRESERVATIVES OR ADDED COLOURS.
7 - SUGAR SHALL GIVE NEGATIVE RESULTS FOR ULTRAMARINE TASTE.
8 - CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF SUGAR SHALL BE AS THE FOLLOWING:
• SUCROSE EXPRESSED AS POLARIZATION 99.7 % Min
• INVERT SUGAR (ON DRY WEIGHT BASIS) 0.04 % Max
• ASH BY ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY 0.04 % Max
• MOISTURE ( BY DRYING AT 105 CO FOR 3 HOURS) 0. 1 % Max
• COLOUR IN ICUMSA UNIT 60 Max
• SULFUR DIOXIDE 20 mg / kg Max
• WATER INSOLUBLE MATTERS. 0.012% Max
9- WHEN TESTING FOR MICROORGANISMS IN 5 SAMPLES OF 10 GMS EACH,THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS MUST BE MET:
AVERAGE MESOPHILIC BACTERIAL COUNT SHOULD NOT EXCEED 200 C. F. U PER 10 GMS.
AVERAGE YEAST COUNT SHOULD NOT EXCEED 10 C.F.U. PER 10 GMS.
AVERAGE MOULD COUNT SHOULD NOT EXCEED 10PER 10 GMS.
AVERAGE THERMOPHELIC BACTERIAL SPORES COUNT SHOULD NOT EXCEED 125 C.F.U PER 10 GMS.
AVERAGE FLAT SOUR BACTERIAL SPORES COUNT SHOULD NOT EXCEED 50 C.F.U. PER 10 GMS.
NUMBER OF POSITIVE SAMPLE FOR THERMOPHILIC ANAEROBIC SPORES SHOULD NOT EXCEED 3 OUT OF 5 TESTED SAMPLES, AND POSITIVE TUBES IN EACH POSITIVE SAMPLE SHOULD NOT EXCEED 4 OUT OF 6 INOCULATED TUBES WHEN USING STANDARD METHOD.
NUMBER OF POSITIVE SAMPLES FOR SULFIDE SPOILAGE SPORES SHOULD NOT EXCEED 2 OUT OF 5 TESTED SAMPLES AND ITS COUNT IN ANY OF THE POSITIVE SAMPLES SHOULD NOT EXCEED 5 C.F.U. PER 10 GMS.
10- ANY OTHER SPECIFICATIONS WHICH ARE NOT MENTIONED IN THIS SPECIFICATIONS ARE TO BE ACCORDING TO THE LIBYAN STANDARD No. 394-2002 FOR WHITE SUGAR (SUCROSE)..
SECOND: HEALTH REQUIREMENTS
1-THE PRODUCT SHALL BE PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH GENERAL PRINCIPLES AND CODE OF PRACTICE FOOD HYGIENE IN ADDITION TO ANY INSTRUCTION ISSUED BY HEALTH AUTHORITIES.
2- HEAVY METALS CONTENT OF SUGAR SHOULD NOT EXCEED THE FOLLOWING LIMITS:
• ARSENIC 1.00 mg / kg FOR WHITE SUGAR.
• COPPER 1.00 mg / kg FOR WHITE SUGAR.
• LEAD 0.50 mg / kg FOR WHITE SUGAR.
3- SUGAR SHALL BE FREE FROM ANY PATHOGENIC MICRO-ORGANISMS AND THEIR POISONS.
4- SUGAR SHALL BE FREE FROM INSECTS, THEIR FRAGMENTS AND METAMORPHOSIS, OR RODENTS EXCRETES.
5- SUGAR SHOULD BE FREE FROM FAECAL COLIFORM BACTERIA.
6- PESTICIDE RESIDUE SHALL NOT EXCEED LIMITS SET BY CODEX CODE.
7- SUGAR MUST BE FREE OF ANY RADIATION PARTICLES, AMERICIUM 241, PLUTONIUM 238 AND 239, STRONTIUM90 AND THE QUANTITY OF RADIATING MATERIALS FROM CESIUM ISOTOPES 134 AND 137 MUST NOT EXCEED 30 BECQUEREL (Bq).
THIRD: PACKING
1- WHITE SUGAR SHALL BE PACKAGED IN NEW STRONG POLYPROPELENE BAGS WITH POLYETHYLENE LINING OF (50) KILO'S NET EACH, BAGS SHALL BE PRINTED IN BLACK COLOUR WITH BUYER'S MARKS IN ARABIC LANGUAGES INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING:
• COMMODITY NAME.
• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN.
• NET WEIGHT IN INTERNATIONAL UNITS (I.U).
• NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE PRODUCER AND HIS BRAND NAME.
• PRODUCTION AND EXPIRY DATE IN MONTH AND YEAR.
2% EMPTY BAGS TO BE PROVIDE WITH EACH SHIPMENT FREE OF ANY CHARGES.
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