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BS ISO 2451:2017

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Cocoa beans. Specification and quality requirements

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BSI 2017 28
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This document specifies the requirements, classification, sampling, test methods, packaging and marking for cocoa beans.

Recommendations relating to storage and disinfestation are given as a guide in Annexes G and H respectively. Annex I is for informative purposes only and sets out a sampling procedure for preliminary quality analysis which can be adopted by agreement of all interested parties.

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PDF Pages PDF Title
2 National foreword
6 Foreword
7 Introduction
9 1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
12 4 Preparation
5 Requirements
5.1 General requirements
5.1.1 Odour
5.1.2 Adulteration
5.1.3 Living insects and other infestation
5.1.4 Violet or purple beans
5.2 Specific requirements
5.2.1 Cocoa related matter
13 5.2.2 Flat beans
5.2.3 Foreign matter
5.2.4 Moisture content
5.2.5 Sieving
5.3 Other quality characteristics
5.4 Grade determination
5.4.1 Classification for cocoa beans
14 5.4.2 Substandard cocoa (applicable to Tables 1 and 2 only)
5.5 Bean size
15 6 Sampling
7 Test methods
8 Packaging
9 Marking
10 Test report
16 Annex A (normative) Flowcharts
18 Annex B (normative) Method for determination of the sieving
19 Annex C (normative) Method for determination of cocoa related matter, flat beans and foreign matter
20 Annex D (normative) Method for determination of the bean count
21 Annex E (normative) Method for the cut test
22 Annex F (normative) Method for determination of moisture content (oven method)
24 Annex G (informative) Storage of bagged cocoa
25 Annex H (informative) Disinfestation
26 Annex I (informative) Procedure and flowchart for preliminary quality analysis
BS ISO 2451:2017
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