MOQ | 25 MT |
Port | Durban Port of South Africa |
Packaging | 50kg PP. Bag Or As Per Buyers' Request |
Lead Time | 5-21 days |
3. REFERENCE
Codex Standard for certain pulses grains (Codex Stan 171-1989,
rev. 1-1995).
4. PRODUCT SPECIFICATION
4.1 General requirements
• Moisture: 12% max
• Total damage: 2% max
• Total foreign material: 1% max
• Unhusked grains: 1% max
• Broken: 2% max
• Discoloured: 1% max
• Cooking time: 15 minutes (no soaking)
• Organoleptic: Clean and bright appearance, Natural
smell
• Live insect: Nil
If required by recipient country, Split Lentil needs to be
obtained from non-genetically modified
Split Lentil shall not contain contaminants and toxins in
amounts which may represent a hazard to
human health.
Specific limit of some contaminants and toxins is presented in
table 1.
Table 1: Limit of contaminants and toxins
No Contaminant and toxin Limit
Heavy metal
1 Arsenic (As) 0.10 ppm max.
2 Copper (Cu) 2.0 ppm max.
3 Lead (Pb) 0.10 ppm max.
4 Cadmium (Cd) 0.02 ppm max.
5 Mercury (Hg) 0.01 ppm max.
Pesticide residues
6 Carbamate < 10 ppb
7 Organochlorine < 10 ppb
8 Organophosphorus < 10 ppb
9 Pyrethroid < 10 ppb
Toxic or noxious seeds
10 Crotolaria (Crotolaria spp.) Free
11 Corn cockle (Agrostemma githago L.)
12 Castor bean (Ricinus communis L.) Free
13 Jimson weed (Datura spp.) Free
Radiation
14 Radiation 10 Bq/Kg max
Mycotoxins
15 Aflatoxin (total B1+B2+G1+G2) 20 ppb max.
16 Fumosin 5 ppb max.
17 Zearalenone 100 ppb max.
18 Ochratoxin A 5 ppb max.
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