Standards

This Code of Practice specifies hygienic and safety practices for the processing, packaging, storage, and transport of rice for human consumption.

This Code of Practice specifies requirements for poultry meat which have not yet been treated in any way to ensure their preservation, except that it has been chilled or frozen and is intended for human consumption, whether by direct sale or through further processing. This Code of Practice applies to all establishments in which poultry is slaughtered, packed, or otherwise handled in the course of preparation, and all establishments in which poultry cuts and parts are processed, packed, or otherwise handled in the course of preparation. It also applies to conditions of transport from the establishment. This Code of Practice does not cover requirements for poultry rearing.

This Code of Practice specifies general hygienic practices for the primary production and packing of fresh fruits and vegetables (cultivated for human consumption) in order to produce a safe and wholesome product, particularly for those intended to be consumed raw. Specifically, this Code is applicable to fresh fruits and vegetables grown in the field (with or without cover) or in protected facilities (hydroponic systems, greenhouses). It concentrates no microbial hazards and addresses physical and chemical hazards only in so far as these relate to Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs) and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs). This Code does not provide recommendations for handling practices to maintain the safety of fresh fruits and vegetables at wholesale, retail, food services or in the home. It excludes food products for which there is a specific Codex Alimentarius Code of Hygienic Practice. This Code shall be read in conjunction with the latest version of GYS 13, “Specification for food hygiene”.

This standard applies to Watermelon, Cirtullus lanatus (Thunb) to be supplied fresh to the consumer.

This standard establishes specification for nutrient requirements in the rations fed to poultry. It provides guidance on Good Manufacturing Practices for the production of poultry feeds and Good on Farming Feeding Practices. It applies to the production and use of all materials designed for poultry feed and feed ingredients at all levels, whether produced industrially or on farm.

This standard specifies the requirements for processed poultry carcasses, poultry parts and poultry products for human consumption. It gives definitions of the market classes of poultry and requirements for sanitation, plant hygiene, the dressing operation, grading, packaging, labelling and marketing as well as ante-mortem and post-mortem inspection of poultry products imported and locally produced and processed poultry. It does not apply to freshly killed poultry prepared for direct sale to consumers for which conditions may be prescribed in National Regulations.

This standard specifies the typical layout plan, hygienic and sanitary, and basic requirements for an abattoir for carrying out slaughter of sheep, goats, pigs and large animals, for human consumption.

This standard applies to the products known as achar, amchar and kuchela which are prepared from edible fruits such as green or unripe mangoes (Mangifera indica), golden apple (Pommecythere spp.), june plum (Spondias spp.), tamarind (Tamarindua indica) and chalta elephant fruit (Dillenia indica), as the predominant ingredients and blended with spices and additives prior to packaging