PAS 233:2021

This standard PAS 233:2021 Zinc enriched wheat, maize and rice grain. Specification is classified in these ICS categories:

• 67.060 Cereals, pulses and derived products

This PAS specifies requirements for zinc enriched maize (Zea mays), rice (Oryza sativa) and wheat (Triticum aestivum) intended as food for human consumption. It includes requirements for:

1. class levels of zinc concentration;

2. sampling guidance;

3. packaging; and

4. labelling.

This PAS is applicable only to zinc enriched grain produced from seed developed using breeding technologies or agronomic practices such as fertilization.

NOTE 1 The breeding methods permitted by a country for local production and/or import or export markets are regulated by national and international legislation and are outside the scope of this PAS.

This PAS is not applicable to grain that has undergone post-harvest fortification.

This PAS is intended for all entities, regardless of size, that are producing, procuring, and selling zinc enriched maize, rice and wheat grain for human consumption.

This PAS is intended to be used by private and public enterprises in sectors of the food supply chain that procure and sell grain, governments, and associated quality and compliance agencies.

NOTE 2 Examples of users of this PAS include, but are not limited to, food aid organizations, aggregators, traders, millers, primary food processors, seed producers, food manufacturers, national agriculture agencies and food standards agencies.

This PAS does not cover standards for all quality characteristics, contaminants (e.g. heavy metals, pesticide residues, mycotoxins and noxious seeds) or nutrient claims for food labelling.

NOTE 3 Standards and regulations for these components are described elsewhere in Codex Alimentarius [5] and by regional or national authorities.