GB 14891.2-1994Hygienic standard for irradiated pollen (English PDF)

Foreword

National Standard of the People's Republic of China GB 14891.2-94, Hygienic standard for irradiated pollen.

Approved by the Ministry of Health of the People's Republic of China on 1994-02-23; implemented on 1994-07-01.

Additional notes:

This standard was proposed by the Department of Health Supervision of the Ministry of Health.

This standard was drafted by West China University of Medical Sciences, the Sichuan Provincial Health and Anti-Epidemic Station and the Nanjing Irradiation Center.

Main drafters of this standard: Wang Ruishu, Liu Mincheng, Li Pinfang, Yin Daochuan, Xie Zongchuan.

This standard is interpreted by the Institute of Food Hygiene Supervision and Inspection of the Ministry of Health, the technical focal unit entrusted by the Ministry of Health.

Classification: UDC 664.8.039.5:613, CCS C 53.

1 Subject content and scope of application

This standard specifies the technical requirements and test methods for irradiated pollen.

This standard applies to pure pollen and mixed pollen from the nectar sources maize, buckwheat, sorghum, sesame, rape, sunflower and Chinese milk vetch, irradiated with gamma-rays or electron beams.

2 Normative references

GB 4789 Microbiological examination of food hygiene

GB 5009 Methods of physical and chemical examination of food hygiene

3 Terms

Pollen: the male reproductive cells of plants collected by honeybees.

4 Technical requirements

5 Sensory indicators

The package shall be intact. The pollen shall be orange-yellow, pale yellow or yellow-green granules with a slightly bitter and astringent taste and the characteristic aroma of pollen, with no off-odour, no impurities, no insects, no mould or caking and no mites.

6 Physical and chemical indicators

The physical and chemical indicators are given in Table 1.

Table 1 (indicator, mg/kg): Moisture, % <= 10; Mercury (as Hg) <= 0.015; Lead (as Pb) <= 0.5; Arsenic (as As) <= 0.5; BHC (hexachlorocyclohexane) <= 0.1; DDT <= 0.1.

7 Bacteriological indicators

The bacteriological indicators are given in Table 2.

Table 2: Total bacterial count, per g <= 100; Coliform bacteria, per 100 g <= 30; Pathogenic bacteria (intestinal pathogenic bacteria and pathogenic cocci): not to be detected; Mould count, per g: 100.

8 Test methods

The physical and chemical indicators are tested in accordance with GB 5009.

The bacteriological indicators are tested in accordance with GB 4789.