4851903 0030595 0 4072-82 C-89-55 International Standard (iso 4072 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR STANDARDIZATION MEKAYHAPOAHAR OPIAHW3AUMR HO CTAHAAPTM3AUWW-ORGANISATION INTERNATIONALE DE NORMALISATION Green coffee in bags -- Sampling Cafevertensacs-Echantllonnage First edition -1982-12-15 UDC633.73:620.113 Ref.No.1SO 4072-1982(E) SO 4072-1982 ( Descriptors : agricultural products, coffee, sampling. Price based on 3 paaes 29-220h 4851903 0030596 2 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 theIso Council. International Standard iSO 4072 was developed by Technical Committee ISO/T 34, Agricultural food products, and was circulated to the member bodies in September1981. It has been approved by the member bodies of the following countries : Brazil Israel Romania Czechoslovakia Kenya South Africa, Rep. of Egypt, Arab Rep. of Netherlands Sri Lanka Ethiopia New Zealand Tanzania France Peru Turkey Germany, F. R. Philippines United Kingdom Hungary Poland USA India Portugal Yugoslavia The member body of the following country expressed disapproval of the document on technical grounds : Malaysia @InternationalOrganizationforStandardization,1982 Printed in Switzerland 4072-82 EO6TSh 2650E00 8 INTERNATIONALSTANDARD ISO4072-1982 (E) Green coffee in bags - Sampling 1 Scope and field of application mass, containing green coffee assumed to have common properties of reasonably uniform character and to which a 1:1 This International Standard specifies a method of sam- given scheme of examination can be applied. pling a consignment of green coffee, shipped in ten bags or more, for the purpose of examination to determine whether the consignment complies with a contract specification. 3.3 damaged bags : Bags which are torn, stained, soiled or otherwise detectably contaminated, indicating possible damage to the coffee contained in them. 1.2 The method may also be used for the preparation of a sample intended 3.4 sample : Apart of a lot, from which the properties of the a) to serve as a basis for an offer for sale; lot are to be estimated by examination. b) for examination to verify that the coffee to be offered for sale satisfies the producer's sales specification; 3.5increment; primarysample:Thequantityof30±6g of green coffee beans taken from a single bag of a specific lot. c) for examination to determine one or more of the characteristics of the coffee for technical,commercial, administrativeand arbitration purposes; 3.6 bulk sample; lot sample : The quantity of not less than 1'500 g of green coffee beans obtained by combining all the in- d) for quality control or quality inspection; crements (3.5) taken from bags of a specific lot. e) for retention as a reference sample for use if required in 3.7 blended bulk sample; blended lot sample : The quan- litigation. tity of green coffee beans obtained by combining and blending all the increments (3.5) taken from bags of a specific lot. 1.3 This International Standard applies to green coffee in bags, as defined in Iso 3509. 3.8 laboratory sample; final sample : The quantity of not less than 300 g of green coffee beans removed from the 2References blendedbulksample(3.7)ofaspecificlot. Iso3509,Coffee and its products--Vocabulary. 4Administrative arrangements ISo 6666, Coffee triers.1) 4.1 Sampling personnel 3Definitions Sampling shall be carried out by experienced samplers or For the purpose o