PRODUCT & GRADE
REFINED WHITE CANE SUGAR – GRADE “A” – ICUMSA 45 RBU
SPECIFICATIONS
THE PRODUCT BEING SUPPLIED SHALL BE FIT FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION, AS PER INSPECTION
CERTIFICATE ISSUED BY SOCIETE GENERALE DE SURVEILLANCE (SGS) AND SHALL MEET THE FOLLOWING
SPECIFICATIONS:
**POLARIZATION 99.80% DEGREES MIN **ASH BY ELECTRICAL CONDUCT 0.04% MAX (ON DRY WEIGHT
BASIS) **ASH CONTENT 0.08 MAX **MOISTURE 0.04% MAX **ICUMSA 45 RBU MAX, (BRAZIL S.G.S. SCALE)
**SOLUBILITY 100% DRY AND FREE FLOWING **COLOR SPARKING WHITE **ICUMSA MAXIMUM 45
ATTENUATION INDEX UNITS (ICUMSA METHOD NO.: 4-1978) **RADIATION WITHIN CS-137 OF 50 BQ PER
KG **GRANULATION FINE CRYSTAL **CROP LATEST **MAGNETIC PARTICLES MG/KG 4 MAX **SO2 MG/KG
20 MAX **SULPHOR DIOXIDE 20 MG/KG MIN **SEDIMENTS NONE **SMELL TYPICAL AND SPECIFIC FOR
SUGAR **REDUCING SUGAR 0.05% MAX BY WEIGHT **HPN STAPH AUREUS NOT DETECTED IN 1 GRAM
**MAXIMUM AS 1 P. P. M. **MAXIMUM PB 1 P. P. M. **MAXIMUM CU 3 P. P. M. **SUBSTANCE SOLID
CRYSTAL **TOLERANCE 5% (+/-)
ADDITIONAL SPECIFICATIONS
SUGAR SHOULD BE EXTRACTED FROM SOUND UNFERMENTED AND UNDECAYED SUGAR CANE – SUGAR
SHOULD BE CLEAN FREE FROM ANY FOREIGN TASTE OR ODOUR WITH SWEET TASTE CHARACTERISTIC OF
WHITE SUGAR WHETHER DRY OR IN SOLUTION – SUGAR TO BE PURE REFINED DEODORISED OF LATEST
CROP PRODUCTION WITH GOOD TASTE AND SMELL – THE CRYSTALS SHALL BE UNIFORM IN SIZE AND
COLOUR – SUGAR SHALL BE FREE FROM INSECTS, THEIR FRAGMENTS AND METAMORPHOSIS OR RODENTS
EXCREMENT – SUGAR SHALL BE FREE FROM FOREIGN MATTERS, PRESERVATIVES OR ADDED COLOURS;
ONLY PERMITTED MATERIAL TO BE ADDED ARE THAT STATED BELOW – ANY OTHER SPECIFICATIONS WHICH
ARE NOT MENTIONED IN THE SPECIFICATIONS ARE TO BE ACCORDING TO THE INTERNATIONAL
SPECIFICATIONS WHICH WERE FIXED BY (FAO/WHO/FDA/AND EC) AND THE LOWEST AMOUNT SHOULD BE
CONSIDERED FIRST.
HEALTH REQUIREMENTS
THE PRODUCT SHALL BE PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH GENERAL PRINCIPALS AND CODE OF PRACTICE
OF FOOD HYGIENE IN ADDITION TO ANY INSTRUCTION ISSUED BY HEALTH AUTHORITIES – HEAVY METAL
CONTENT FOR WHITE SUGAR SHOULD NOT EXCEED THE FOLLOWING LIMITS (a) ARSENIC 1.00 MG/KG FOR
WHITE SUGAR (b) COPPER 1.00 MG/KG FOR WHITE SUGAR (c) LEAD 0.50 MG/KG FOR WHITE SUGAR -
SUGAR SHALL BE FREE FROM ANY PATHOGENIC MICROORGANISMS AND THEIR POISONS – SUGAR
SHOULDBE FREE FROM FAECAL COLIFORM BACTERIA – PESTICIDE RESIDUE SHALL NOT EXCEED THE LIMITS
SET BY CURRENT NATIONAL REGULATIONS AND LEGISLATIONS OR FAO, WHO, OR FDA, OR EU AFTER ITS
ACCREDITATION BY L.N.C.S.M. – SUGAR MUST BE FREE OF ANY RADIATION PARTICLES, SUCH AS
AMERICIUM 241; PLUTONIUM 238 AND 239; STRONTIUM 90 AND THE QUANTITY OF RADIATING
MATERIALS FROM CESIUM ISOTOPE 134 AND MUST NOT EXCEED 30 BECQUEREL (BCD)
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
BRAZIL, SOUTH AMERICA
PACKING & MARKINGS
TO SECURE THE SAFETY OF THE COMMODITY DURING SEA TRANSPORTATION THE SUGAR IS TO BE PACKED
IN NEW 50 (FIFTY) KILOGRAM NET DOUBLE SACKS, BEING ONE SACK OF POLYPROPYLENE AND THE OTHER
OF POLYETHYLENE AND PALLETIZED. TARE WEIGHT SHALL BE 160 GRAM, MINIMUM. UNIFORMITY OF
BAGGED NET WEIGHT IS OF THE ESSENCE. TWO PERCENT (2%) SPARE BAGS SHALL BE SUPPLIED FREE OF
CHARGE. EACH BAG SHALL BE CLEARLY MARKED (IN ENGLISH) WITH THE FOLLOWING:(1) NAME AND
GRADE OF PRODUCT (2) USE BY DATE AND CROP YEAR (3) NET WEIGHT (4) CODE MARKS (5) COUNTRY OF
ORIGIN.
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