Post Harvest Profile of Wheat - Agmarknet

Note: Foreign matter- Not more than 1.0 per cent by weight (minerals not more than 0.25
per cent and animal origin not more than 0.10 per cent).
Damaged Grain - Not more than 6 per cent by weight -
i) Karnal Bunt affected shall not exceed 3 per cent (by weight)
ii) Ergot affected grains shall not exceed 0.05 per cent (by
weight)
Weevilled Grains - Not more than 10 per cent by count and Uric acid not more than 100
mg./kg.
Rodent Hair and - Shall not exceed 5 pcs/kg. - omitted from PFA standards
Excreta vide G.S.R.No.165(E), dt.07.03.2001 implemented w.e.f. 07.06.2001.
Other Edible grains - Not more than 6 per cent by weight.
Moisture - Not more than 14 per cent by weight obtained by heating
pulverized grains at 13.0-13.3 0 C for two hrs.
ii) For Defence Personnel : F.C.I. procures for Defence supply on the basis of
Army Supply Corp. (ASC) Specifications. Chemical
test is also conducted in Central Food Labs. No
Chemical Test by FCI.
WHEAT - TEST WEIGHT (Hectoliter basis) in kg.
Variety Punjab Haryana
PV-18 75.3 - 77.6 77.50 - 85.40
Kalyan 73.6 - 77.5 75.40 - 82.60
S-308 75.4 - 81.0 77.40 - 83.40
Deshi 76.4 - 82.1 78.50 - 82.40
RR-21 - 81.70 - 82.30
VI) Grade Specifications of Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1955 (PFA) :
Wheat being primary food a total of 8 insects either live or dead per kg. are permitted.
Description - Wheat shall be the dried mature grains of Ttriticum aestivum or Triticum
vulgare, Triticum durum, Triticum sphaeercoccum. Triticum dicoccum, Triticum, Compactum. It
shall be sweet, clean and wholesome. It shall also conform to the following standards, namely:
� Moisture - Not more than 14 per cent by weight (obtained by heating
the pulverized grains at 13.0 0 C – 13.3 0 C for two hours.
� Foreign matter - Not more than 1 per cent by weight of which not more
than 0.25 per cent private shall be mineral matter and not
more than 0.10 per cent by weight shall be impurities of
animal origin.
� Other edible grains - Not more than 6 per cent by weight.
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