Sorghum

Product Information

Type	White sorghum Fatarita nr 2 or similar
Test weight (Kg/hl)	To specify
Moisture	10 – 13%
Organoleptic	The product shall be fresh, clean and free from any abnormal flavor, odor or color. It shall be free of any visible yeast and mould (fungus). It should be free from any abnormal external moisture. It should be free from chilling and freezing damages.
Protein content	7% min. on dry matter basis
Tannin	0.5% max. (calculated on dry matter by Klaus Daiber method or EU method)
Broken grains	2% max. (grain pieces or grains passing through a sieve with a circular mesh 1.8mm in diameter)
Grain impurities	3% max. of grain impurities (grain of other cereals, grains damaged by pests and grains overheated during drying)
Sprouted grain	1% max.
Miscellaneous impurities	1% max. (weed seeds, damaged grains, extraneous matter, husks, decayed grains, dead insects and insect fragments)
Weeds	Nil
Presence of Datura seeds and other toxic seeds or traces of tropane alkaloids	Nil
Total admixture and defects	8% max. (inorganic extraneous matter, and filth as contained in the standards and blemished grains, diseased grains, broken kernels, and other grains)
Foreign Matter	2% max. (all organic and inorganic material other than sorghum, other grains and filth. Extraneous matter includes loose sorghum seed coats and colored sorghum grains. Sorghum grain shall have not more than 2.0% extraneous matter of which not more than 0.5% shall be extraneous inorganic matter)
Live insects	Free
Dead insects, including parts, stages and waste	10 max. per 100 kg
Microbiology	Salmonella: Absent in 25g sample Aflatoxin total: 4 ppb max. Fumonisin: 2 ppm max. Ergot: 0.05% max.
Radionuclide contamination	No α (alpha) and β (beta) radiations contamination traces Concentration of γ (Gamma) rays by artificial gamma emitters (Cs137 and Cs134) must not be more than 30 Bq/kg
Presence of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO)	Nil
Contaminants	The product shall not contain any contaminants and toxins in amounts which may represent a present a hazard to health
Fumigation	Product to be fumigated prior dispatch in individual packing
Production	Crop year to be indicated
Origin	To be indicated