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TISI's Standard for Desiccated Coconut : TIS 320 - 2522(1979)

Thai Industrial Standards TIS 320-2522 (1979) Standard for Desiccated Coconut

4. Requirements

	4.1	General requirements Desiccated coconut shall be natural white, crisp and sweet having natural taste of coconut. It shall be free from rancidity, musty or other objectionable odour, insect infestation, fungus and foreign matter.
	4.2	Parings The brown specks due to parings in coarse or medium grades shall not exceed 10 particles per 100 g when tested by the method prescribed in clause 10.2.
	4.3	Colour The colour of desiccated coconut shall not be deeper than 0.2 Red, 0.7 Ye11ow and 0.1 Blue on the Lovibond tintometer scale for all grades when determined by the method prescribed in clause 10.3.
	4.4	Bacterial contamination 4.4.1 Desiccated coconut shall not contain bacteria of the Salmonella group in each 50 g of sample when tested by the method described in clause 10.4. 4.4.2 The coliform count shall not exceed 10/g when tested by the method described in clause 10.4.
	4.5	Chemical requirements The product shall comely with the chemical requirements given in Table 1.

Table 1 Chemical requirements (clause 4.5)
Item	Requirement	Analysis as clause
Moisture content, max. % by weight	3	10.5
Oil content, min. % by weight	60	10.6
Free fatty acid, aslauric acid, max. % by weight of extracted oil	0.3	10.7

5. Hygiene

5.1

The hygiene of product shall conform to TIS 34-1973, Standard for General Principles of Food Hygiene.

6. Container

The container shall be clean, strong, durable, hermetically sealed and free from undesirable odour.

7. Weight and measure

7.1

Net weight of each container shall not be less than that declared on the label.

8. Marking and labeling

	8.1	The label shall conform to TIS 31-1973, Standard for General Principles of Labelling Industrial Products.
	8.2	At least there shall be figures, letters or code indicating the following information clearly and legibly on each container. (1) Name of the product "Desiccated coconut" (2) Grade (3) Net weight in SI unit (4) Code or manufacturing date (5) Name of manufacturer or factor or trade mark or name of packet or distributor (6) Country of origin
	8.3	Any person who manufactures the industrial products complying with this standard may use the standards Mark in connection with his products only after having received a license from the Industrial Product Standards Council.

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