1237 International Standard (ISO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR STANDARDIZATION MEKAYHAPOAHAR OPIAHW3AUMR HO CTAHAAPTW3AUWWORGANISATION INTE RNATIONALE DE NORMALISATION Mustard seed - Specification Graines de moutarde -- Speécifications Second edition - 1981-08-01 ISO1237-1981 (E) UDC 633.844.004.1 Ref. No. ISO 1237-1981 (E) Descriptors : agricultural products, spices, mustard, specifications, tests. Price based on 11 pages py IHS under lic ited without licensefromIHS Not for Resale Foreword ISo (the International Organization for Standardization) is a worldwide federation of national standards institutes (iso member bodies). The work of developing Inter- national Standards is carried out through Iso technical committees. Every member body interested in a subject for which a technical committee has been set up has the right to be represented on that committee. International organizations, governmental and non-governmental, in liaison with iso, also take part in the work. Draft International Standards adopted by the technical committees are circulated to the member bodies for approval before their acceptance as International Standards by theisoCouncil. International Standard ISO 1237 was developed by Technical Committee ISO/Tc 34, Agriculturalfoodproducts. This second edition was submitted directly to the ISo Council, in accordance with clause 5.10.1 of part 1 of the Directives for the technical work of Iso. It cancels and replaces the first edition (i.e. ISo 1237-1974), which had been approved by the member bodies of the following countries : Brazil Germany, F.R. Netherlands Bulgaria Hungary Poland Czechoslovakia India Romania Egypt, Arab Rep. of Iran Turkey France Israel United Kingdom This International Standard had also been approved by the Association of Official Analytical Chemists (AOAC). The member body of the following country had expressed disapproval of the docu- ment on technical grounds : Austria International Organization for Standardization, 1981 Printed in Switzerland Copyright IntemationalOrganizationforStandardization No reproduction or networking permitted without license from IHS Not for Resale ISO 1237-1981 (E) INTERNATIONALSTANDARD Mustard seed - Specification Scope and field of application 3.3 Freedom from moulds, insects, etc. This International Standard specifies requirements for mustard Theseedsshallbefreefromlivinginsects,mitesandmoulds seed. andshallbepracticallyfreefromdeadinsects,insectfragments and rodent contamination visible to the naked eye (corrected, if Recommendations relating to storage and transport conditions necessary,forabnormalvision),usingsuchmagnificationas are given in annex E. may be necessary in any particular case. If the magnification exceeds X 10, this fact shall be stated in the test report. 2 References 3.4 Extraneous matter, shrivelled and damaged seeds ISo 927, Spices and condiments - Determination of ex- traneous matter content. The seeds shall be whole and mature and shall not contain more than 0,7 % (m/m) of extraneous matter or other Iso 928, Spices and condiments - Determination of total ash. vegetable material, determined by the method specified in IsO 927. Extraneous seeds include charlock (Sinapis arvensis Iso 930, Spices and condiments -- Determination of acid- Linnaeus), rape (Brassica napus Linnaeus), and Melilotus insoluble ash. species. The proportion of damaged or shrivelled mustard seeds shall not exceed 2 % (m/ m). ISo 948, Spices and condiments - Sampling. iso 1108, Spices and condiments - Determination of non- 3.5 Chemical requirements1) volatile ether extract. The mustard seed shall comply with the requirements given in ISo 2825, Spices and condiments - Preparation of a ground the table. sample for analysis. Table -- Requirements for mustard seed Requirements Characteristics Requirement Method of test 3.1 Description Loss in mass at 103 °C, 10 Annex A % (m/m) max. Mustard seed is the dried clean seed of one or more of the Total ash, % (m/m) following pl