DocSTI July SCHEME OF TESTING AND INSPECTION FOR CERTIFICATION OF CARAMEL IS - PDF document

Doc:STI/4467/1 July 1997 : The material shall be packed as per clause 7.1 of IS 4467:1996. CONTROL UNIT: For the purpose of this scheme, the total quantity of Caramel produced in a pan at one time shall constitute a control unit. LEVELS OF CONTROL: The routine tests on caramel, as indicated in Table 1 and at of the factory which is covered by this scheme and appropriate records and charts maintained in accordance with paragrconforms to the Indian Stase shall be marked with TYPE TESTS: In addition to the routine tests, type tests as given in Table 1 shall be carried out to approve the formulation and quality of the product in the beginning of marketing and/or certification. Thereafter, a sample from a control unit be subjected to these tests once in a month or whenever fresh consignment of Note: These tests are also conducted periodically to supplement to the routine tests or whenever the basic formula or method is changed. In respect of all other clauses of the specification and at all stages of manufacture, the factory shall maintain appropriate controls and checks to ensure that their product conforms to the requirements of those clauses. HYGIENIC CONDITIONS: The whole factory should be maintained in a clean and hygienic condition in accordance with the food regulations and code of RAW MATERIALS: It is recommended that routine analysis of various raw materials used in the manufacture of Caramel shall be made on each lot received in the factory and appropriate records to be maintained. REJECTIONS: A separate record shall be maintained giving information relating to the rejection of the production not conforming to the requirements of the specification and the method of its disposal. Such material shall in not be conforming to the specification. : The licensee shall supply, free of charge, the samples required in accordance with the Bureau tification) Regulations, 1988, as subsequently amended, from the factory or godowns. The Bureau shall pay for the samples taken by it from the open market. Doc:STI/4467/1 July 1997 IS 4467: 1996 TABLE 1 LEVELS OF CONTROL (Para 8 of the Scheme of Testing and Inspection) TEST DETAILSLEVELS OF CONTROL Test Method Clause Requirements Reference Samples Frequency 6.1.1 Description. 3.1.1 IS:4467:1996 + Each control Routine Test Requirement. 6.1.2 & Solid Content. Colour Intensity Ammoniacal Nitrogen 4 MEI * Lead Arsenic Annex A -do- Annex B -do- Annex C -do- Annex D -do- 15 IS 1699:1995 ++ 15 -do- Each control unit/Each mix If control units are separately produced and not mixed then from a control unit and if c.u. produced in a day are mixed then from each mix. Please Table 1. Type Test Requirement 6.2.1 & Total Sulphur Table 2 Sulphurdioxide ** Total Nitrogen THI*** Heavy Metals Mercury Copper Annex E IS 4467:1996 Annex F -do- Annex G -do- Annex H -do- 16 IS 1699:1995 15 -do- 15 -do- As per clause 8.2 of the Scheme of Testing and Inspection, in case the firm is not having testing facility for mercury the firm may get tested in an approved lab. * Applicable for Type III and Type IV Caramel only. ** Applicable for Type II and Type IV Caramel only. *** Applicable for Type III Caramel only. + Specification for Caramel (Second Revision). ++ Method of sampling and test for syntNote 1: The quantity of Caramel product at a time shall constitute a ‘Control Unit’. mixed together, shall