ISO 24333 is an international standard on cereal and cereal products that discusses the sampling requirements for cereal and cereal products to assess the quality of cereal and cereal products.
ISO 24333 specifies requirements for the dynamic or static sampling, by manual or mechanical means, of cereals and cereal products.
ISO 24333 is applicable to sampling for the determination of heterogeneously distributed contaminants, undesirable substances, and parameters usually homogeneously distributed like those used to assess quality or compliance with the specification.
ISO 24333 can be used to determine insects in a grain lot.
ISO 24333 is applicable to sampling for assessment of the quality and condition of lots of genetically modified organisms (GMO) but is inappropriate for the determination of the presence of adventitious genetically modified material in non-GM product.
Note1: Other methods, e.g., trapping whilst grain is in storage, are more suitable to assess pest populations.
Note2: The sampling of seed grain is governed by the rules established by the ISTA (International Seed Testing Association).
Note3: At the time of publication, there is no study to support the inclusion of the sampling of non-GM products to determine adventitious GM presence within the scope of ISO 24333.
Note4: ISO 24333 is not applicable to seed grain.
ISO 24333 on the sampling requirements for cereal and cereal products is useful for:
Sampling is a procedure that requires both a method and equipment that are suitable for the task. Any analysis of the characteristics of a lot and any interpretation of the results would prove futile if the sample were not representative of the lot from which it was taken.
ISO 24333 provides you with guidance on general requirements, equipment and devices, sampling, sampling of bulk products, sampling of milled and other cereal products in packed units, laboratory samples, packaging and labelling of samples, shipment of samples, hygiene, and safety, etc.
The requirements provided by ISO 24333 assist you in determining the characteristics of cereal and cereal products, verifying the levels of key ingredients, the accuracy of label declarations, and knowing the levels of nutrients present. ISO 24333 ensures that quality control measurements are an accurate reflection of the overall quality of the food product and make sure cereal and cereal products are free from contaminants.
With obedience and compliance to ISO 24333, you can enhance cereal and cereal products’ effectiveness and efficacy, enable quality mass production, and manufacture a standardized high-quality product.
EN ISO 24333:2009/AC:2010
ISO 24333:2009
ISO 24333:2009/AC