Description
1. PRODUCT NAME: FLOUR CASSAVA
2. DESCRIPTION
Cassava flour is a product prepared from edible cassava (Manihot
esculenta Crantz). The flour is prepared from dried cassava chips
or paste by a pounding, grinding or milling process followed by
sifting to separate the fibre from the flour. In case of edible
cassava flour prepared from bitter cassava (Manihot utilissima
Pohl), detoxification is carried out by soaking the tubers in water
for a few days, before they are dried in the form of whole, pounded
tuber (paste) or in small pieces
3. INGREDIENTS
3.1. ESSENTIAL INGREDIENTS
Cassava
3.2. OTHER PERMITTED INGREDIENTS
N/A
4. PROCESSING
Processing
4.1. CODEX “CAC/RCP *****9, Rev. *****3; Code of
Practice- General Principles of Food Hygiene including annex on
HACCP systems and guidelines for application.
4.2. CODEX STAN *******9 CODEX STANDARD FOR
EDIBLE CASSAVA FLOUR
5. MICROBIOLOGICAL CRITERIA
FOOD SAFETY PARAMETERS MAXIMUM LIMITS
The product shall comply with any microbiological criteria
established in accordance with Codex Guideline CAC/GL: ******7
“Principles for the Establishment and Application of
microbiological criteria for food;
The product shall be free from microorganisms in amounts which may
represent a hazard to health and shall be free from any substance
originating from microorganisms in amounts which may represent a
hazard to health.
6. CHEMICALCRITERIA
SAFETY PARAMETERS MAXIMUM LIMITS
Moisture Content (Max) - *3% (m/m basis)
Crude fibre (Max) - 2.0% (m/m basis)
Ash (Max) - 3.0% (m/m basis)
Hydrocyanic acid content - *0mg/kg
QUALITY PARAMETERS MAXIMUM LIMITS
N/A
7. PHYSICAL CRITERIA
PARAMETER LIMITS
Texture. Fine or course powder
Odour Free from abnormal odours, shall have no stale, rancid or
“rope” or “mouldy” odour;
Colour Cream
Foreign matter
The product shall be free from heavy metals in amounts which may
represent a hazard to human and foreign matter including any filth
and live or dead insects.
Granularity *0% of the fine flour shall pass through a sieve of
0.*-
mm; *0% of coarse flour shall pass through 1.*-mm sieve.
8. CONTAMINANTS
8.1. The product shall comply with maximum
residue limits established by Codex Alimentarius (See: CAC / MRL:
***9 Maximum residue Limits (MRLS) for pesticides).
PARAMETER MAXIMUM LIMITS
Heavy Metals 0.1 mg/kg
Lead (Pb) 0.1 mg/kg
Arsenic (As) 0.4 mg/kg
Copper (Cu)
9. NUTRITIONAL FACTS (Approximate values per **0
g)
NUTRIENTS AMOUNT PER **0 g OF PRODUCT
Energy **0Kcal
Carbohydrates *0g
Protein 2g
Fat 2g
*0. PACKAGING
PARAMETER LIMITS
Primary packaging Food grade plastic sealed or equivalent packing
that
maintains the integrity ,sanitary and organoleptic qualities ntact
and withstands the rigors of transport and handling.
Secondary packaging Corrugated paper box or packing that protects
integrity
of the primary packages, and withstands the rigors of transport and
handling.
Primary packaging net weight Up to 5Kg.
Warranty at delivery location 1 Months.
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