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1.1 |
This
standard specifies classes and types, requirements,
containers, weights and measures, marking and labelling,
sampling and criteria for conformity and analysis
for coconut meal as livestock feed. |
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2.1 |
COCONUT
SEAL or COPRA MEAL or OILCAKE or PELLETS AS LIVESTOCK
FEED: The by-product obtained after the extraction
of oil from copra by hydraulic process or by means
of expeller or extraction. |
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2.2 |
FOREIGN
MATERIAL: Any other substances apart from the copra
meal. |
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3.1 |
The
coconut meal or copra meal as livestock feed shall
be classified into 2 classes according to the manufacturing
process as follows
3.1.1 Class 1: The product obtained after the extraction
of oil from copra by mechanical means such as by
the expeller, by hydraulic or rotary method.
3.1.2 Class 2: the 'product obtained after solvent
extraction.. |
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3.2 |
The
copra meal as livestock feed obtained from clause
3.1 shall be physically divided into 3 types as
follows
3.2.1 Type 1: Copra cake
3.2.2 Type 2: Copra meal
3.2.3 Type 3: Copra pellet |
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4.1 |
Odour
The copra meal shall be free from rancidity, adulterants,
solvent odour or objectionable odours when examined
by smelling. |
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4.2 |
Foreign
material
The copra meal shall be free from any foreign material
such as insect, fungus, parts of husk, etc. |
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4.3 |
Chemical
requirements and others
Apart from the requirements of clauses 4.1 and 4.2,
the copra shall have the chemical requirements complying
with Table 1. |
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Moisture
content, percent by weight, max.
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10
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12
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9.2
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Crude
protein, percent by weight, min.
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18
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20
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9.3
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Crude
fat, percent by weight, max.
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12
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3
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9.4
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Crude
fibre, percent by weight, max.
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13
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14
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9.5
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Total
ash, percent by weight, max.
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8
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Not
specified
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9.6
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Acid
insoluble ash, percent by weight, max
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1.5
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1.5
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9.7
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Castor
husk
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Nil
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Nil
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9.8
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Aflatoxin
B, content, mg/kg
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Not
found
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Not
found
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9.9
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| Remark. All
values obtained are calculated from specimens on
dry basis except for those dealing with the moisture
content. |