Post Harvest Profile of Wheat - Agmarknet

B. Special Characteristics :
Grade
Special characteristics
designation
Foreign Other
Maximum limits of tolerance 1% by weight
Other Damaged Slightly Immature Weevilled
Matter Food Wheats Grains Damaged shriveled and grains
Grains
Grains broken grains
I 1.5 1.6 5.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 1.0
II 2.5 3.0 15.0 2.0 4.0 4.0 3.0
III 3.5 6.0 20.0 4.0 6.0 10.0 6.0
IV 4.0 8.0 20.0 5.0 10.0 10.0 10.0
C. Definition :
Foreign matter : It includes, dust, stones, lumps of earth, chaff, stem of straw and any
other impurity including non-edible seeds.
Other Food Grains : Edible foodgrains other than wheat.
Other Wheats : For this purpose wheat would be divided into two classes – (1) Durum
or Macroni wheat and (2) Vulgare or common wheat; Durum again
would be sub-divided into two groups (i) amber and (ii) red ; and
Vulgare would be sub-divided in to three groups – (i) white (ii) amber
and (iii) red.
Damaged Grains : Grains that are internally damaged or discoloured, damage and
discolouration materially affecting the quality.
Slightly Damaged : Grains that are superficially damaged or discoloured, damage
Grains and discolouration not materially affecting the quality.
Immature, Shrivelled : Immature and shrivelled grains are those that are not properly
& Broken Grains developed. Broken grains are pieces of whole grains.
Weevilled Grains : Grains that are partially or wholly bored or eaten by weevil or other
grain insects.
N.B. – Grades I and II should be free from living insect infestation.
III) Codex Standards :
The Codex Alimentarius Commission was set up in the year 1963 by FAO and WHO to
develop food standards, guidelines and related texts such as code of practice under the Joint
FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme. The main purposes of this programme are to protect
health of the consumer, ensure fair trade practices in the food trade, and promote coordination of
all food standards work undertaken by the international governmental and non-governmental
organizations. The Commission has developed more than 200 standards in the prescribed
format for individual or group of foods including the General Standards for labeling of pre-packed
foods, the Codex Central guidelines on claims and the Codex Guidelines on Nutritional Labeling
etc.
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