NF ISO 18390

NF ISO 18390

May 2025
Standard Current

Cereals, pulses and cereal products - Sampling - Simplified routine method

This document specifies a simplified routine method for the dynamic or static sampling, by manual or mechanical means, of cereals, pulses and cereal products to assess their quality and condition.It is applicable to sampling for the determination of heterogeneously distributed contaminants, undesirable substances and parameters usually homogenously distributed, such as those used to assess quality or compliance with a specification. It is applicable to daily use in the field, and in silos and factories that ship or receive grains.It does not apply to determining insect infestation in a grain lot. Methods for assessing insect populations are provided in ISO 16002 and ISO 6639-2.This document does not apply to seeds.NOTE            The sampling of seeds is governed by the rules established by the International Seed Testing Association (ISTA).

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National standards and national normative documents

Publication date

May 2025

Number of pages

24 p.

Reference

NF ISO 18390

ICS Codes

67.050   General methods of tests and analysis for food products
67.060   Cereals, pulses and derived products

Classification index

V30-377

Print number

1

International kinship

Sumary
Cereals, pulses and cereal products - Sampling - Simplified routine method

This document specifies a simplified routine method for the dynamic or static sampling, by manual or mechanical means, of cereals, pulses and cereal products to assess their quality and condition.

It is applicable to sampling for the determination of heterogeneously distributed contaminants, undesirable substances and parameters usually homogenously distributed, such as those used to assess quality or compliance with a specification. It is applicable to daily use in the field, and in silos and factories that ship or receive grains.

It does not apply to determining insect infestation in a grain lot. Methods for assessing insect populations are provided in ISO 16002 and ISO 6639-2.

This document does not apply to seeds.

NOTE            The sampling of seeds is governed by the rules established by the International Seed Testing Association (ISTA).

Table of contents
  • 1 Domaine d'application
  • 2 Références normatives
  • 3 Termes et définitions
  • 4 Exigences générales
  • 5 Équipements et dispositifs d'échantillonnage
  • 6 Échantillonnage
  • 7 Échantillon pour laboratoire
  • 8 Emballage et étiquetage des échantillons
  • 9 Expédition des échantillons
  • 10 Rapport d'échantillonnage
  • 11 Hygiène et sécurité
  • Bibliographie
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