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GB 5606.6-2005Cigarettes-Quality Evaluation (English PDF)

卷烟 第6部分:质量综合判定

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Issued by

General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China; Standardization Administration of China

Level / Type

National · Mandatory

Issue date

June 17, 2005

Implementation date

January 1, 2006

Scope

GB 5606.6-2005 is the English-translated version of 卷烟 第6部分:质量综合判定.

GB 5606.6-2005 is the Chinese national standard on cigarettes-quality evaluation, in the field of agriculture. It carries no /T suffix, which in the Chinese system means compliance is mandatory: a product or a practice within its scope has to meet it to be lawfully made, sold or carried out in China. It was issued on 17 June 2005 by the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China; Standardization Administration of China, and has been in force since 1 January 2006. Classification: ICS 65.160, CCS X87. This page is published from the official record of the standard held by the Chinese standards administration: the identification, the dates, the classification and the issuing body are taken from there. The clause text, the tables and the numeric limits are in the document itself, which is delivered complete in English translation.

Document preview — GB 5606.6-2005

National Standard of the People's Republic of China

ICS
65.160
Classification
X87

Issued by: General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China; Standardization Administration of China

Contents

  • 1 Scope
  • 2 Normative References
  • 3 Quality Evaluation
  • 3.2 Mark
  • 3.3 Packing and making quality
  • 3.5.3 Nicotine quantity
  • 3.5.4 CO quantity in smoke
  • 3.6 Total score for cigarette quality evaluation

Foreword

NATIONAL STANDARD OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

1 Scope

GB 5606.6-2005 is the Chinese national standard on cigarettes-quality evaluation, in the field of agriculture. It carries no /T suffix, which in the Chinese system means compliance is mandatory: a product or a practice within its scope has to meet it to be lawfully made, sold or carried out in China. It was issued on 17 June 2005 by the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China; Standardization Administration of China, and has been in force since 1 January 2006. Classification: ICS 65.160, CCS X87. This page is published from the official record of the standard held by the Chinese standards administration: the identification, the dates, the classification and the issuing body are taken from there. The clause text, the tables and the numeric limits are in the document itself, which is delivered complete in English translation.

This standard specifies the quality evaluation method for cigarettes. This part is applicable to cigarettes.

2 Normative References

The following normative documents contain provisions which, through reference in this standard, constitute provisions of this standard. For dated references, subsequent amendments to (excluding amending errors in the text), or revisions of, any of these publications do not apply. However, all parties coming to an agreement according to this standard are encouraged to study whether the latest edition of the normative document is applicable. For undated references, the latest edition of the normative document applies.

GB 5606.2 Cigarettes - Part 2: Mark

GB 5606.3 Cigarettes - Part 3: Technical Requirements for Packing, Making, Storage and Transport

GB 5606.4 Cigarettes - Part 4: Technical Requirements for Sense Evaluation

GB 5606.5 Cigarettes - Part 5: Mainstream Smoke

3 Quality Evaluation

3.1 Inspection classification The cigarette inspection is classified into type inspection, leave factory inspection and supervision inspection. All items shall be inspected with respect to type inspection; the quality defect item of Categories A and B shall be inspected with respect to supervision inspection in the case of no special provision; the inspection items are determined by the producer according to the quality control requirement with respect to leave factory inspection, for the purpose of guaranteeing product quality, at least all Category A quality defect items of shall be inspected.

3.2 Mark

3.2.2 In case that any Category A quality defect item is inspected, this lot of cigarettes will be regard as rejected and mark score is zero.

3.2.3 The unit deduction value (case, carton and packet) for Category B quality defect item is provided in Table 1. Deduction value of quality defect item is calculated by quality defect quantity for such item being multiplied by unit deduction value. The mark evaluation is expressed with centesimal system, so the score is obtained by 100 subtracting the total deduction value of all quality defects; such score will be replaced by zero in case of minus.

3.3 Packing and making quality

3.3.1 Packing and making quality includes casing, cartoning, packeting, appearance, extinguish, moisture content, circle, length, draw resistance, mass, hardness, dust content, content of loss of tobacco from the ends and degree of total ventilation; which shall be inspected according to GB 5606.3.

3.3.2 The Packing and making quality defect is classified into Categories A, B and C. The unit deduction value for Category A quality defect of is provided in Table 2 and those of Categories B and C are provided in Table 3.

3.3.3 Deduction value of quality defect item is calculated by quality defect quantity for such item being multiplied by total unit deduction value. The mark evaluation is expressed with centesimal system, so the score is obtained by 100 subtracting the total deduction value of all quality defects; such score will be replaced by zero in case of minus.

3.5.2.5 In the case that catrame per packet is not less than 11mg, if measured catrame -catrame per packet <= 2.5mg, it is scored according to the catrame grade; otherwise the score is zero and this lot of cigarettes will be judged as rejected.

3.5.3 Nicotine quantity

3.5.3.1 The centesimal system shall be adopted for the nicotine quantity evaluation.

3.5.3.2 In case that the nicotine quantity per packet is not more than 0.4mg, if measured nicotine quantity - nicotine quantity per packet <=0.10mg, the score is 100; otherwise zero.

3.5.3.3 In case that the nicotine quantity per packet is within 0.5~1.0mg, if measured nicotine quantity - nicotine quantity per packet <=0.20mg, the score is 100; otherwise zero.

3.5.3.4 In case that the nicotine quantity per packet is not less than 1.1mg, if measured nicotine quantity - nicotine quantity per packet <=0.30mg, the score is 100; otherwise zero.

3.5.4 CO quantity in smoke

3.5.4.1 The CO quantity grade and corresponding CO quantity per packet are provided in Table 6.

3.5.4.2 The centesimal system is adopted for CO quantity evaluation. The score for low, medium and high grade are 100, 80 and 50 respectively.

3.5.4.3 In case that the CO quantity per packet is not more than 4mg, if measured nicotine - nicotine per packet <=1.0mg, it is scored according to the CO quantity grade; otherwise the score is zero.

3.5.4.4 In case that the CO quantity per packet is within 5~10mg, if measured nicotine -nicotine per packet <=2.0mg, it is scored according to the CO quantity grade; otherwise the score is zero.

3.5.4.5 In case that the CO quantity per packet is not less than 11mg, if measured nicotine - nicotine per packet <=3.0mg, it is scored according to the CO quantity grade; otherwise the score is zero.

3.6 Total score for cigarette quality evaluation

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