GB 5991.1-2000Aromatic tobacco - Grading technical requirement (English PDF)
香料烟 分级技术要求
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Issued by
State Administration of Quality and Technical Supervision
Level / Type
National · Mandatory
Issue date
January 24, 2000
Implementation date
March 1, 2000
Scope
GB 5991.1-2000 is the English-translated version of 香料烟 分级技术要求.
GB 5991.1-2000 is Part 1 of the Chinese national standard series on aromatic (oriental) tobacco and specifies the technical requirements for grading and the inspection rules for aromatic tobacco after normal production, curing and processing; the written standard is supplemented by physical samples and is the basis for grading, purchasing, processing and handover, while export supplies are based on physical samples.
It defines the Basma (Type B) and Samsun (Type S) types, three stalk-position groups and three colour classes (A, B, K), and gives in Tables 3 and 4 the quality provisions for ten grades from A1 to ND, covering position, leaf length, colour, lustre, body, oil, structure, variegation and waste, and wholeness.
Further provisions set purchase moisture at 14 % to 16 % and baling moisture at not more than 15 %, limit sand and soil content and grade mixing, and lay down on-site sampling (10 % to 20 % up to 100 bales, 3 kg to 5 kg samples), dispute procedures and the preparation and renewal of reference and replica physical standard samples; Annex A (normative) defines 15 terms.
It replaces GB 5991-1986, whose test methods and packaging provisions were moved to GB/T 5991.3-2000 and GB/T 5991.2-2000. It was issued on 24 January 2000 and has been in force since 1 March 2000.
Classification: ICS 65.160, CCS X87. The document runs to 7 pages, delivered complete in English translation.
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Document preview — GB 5991.1-2000
National Standard of the People's Republic of China
- ICS
- 65.160
- Classification
- X87
- Replacing
- GB 5991-1986
Issued by: State Administration of Quality and Technical Supervision
Contents
- Foreword
- 1 Scope
- 2 Referenced standards
- 3 Types
- 4 Grouping and grading
- 5 Technical requirements
- 6 Inspection rules
- 7 Physical reference samples
- Annex A (normative) Terms
3 Types
4 Grouping and grading
5 Technical requirements
6 Inspection rules
7 Physical reference samples
Foreword
This standard is a revision of the relevant contents of GB 5991-1986, Aromatic tobacco. After this revision, GB 5991-1986 consists of two parts: this standard is Part 1, and Part 2 covers packaging, storage and transport. In addition, GB 5992-1986, Test methods for aromatic tobacco, has been revised at the same time as Part 3 of this series of standards. In technical content, this standard makes the following changes to the relevant contents of GB 5991-1986:
- normative references have been added;
- the quality provisions of the original standard have been cancelled, provisions on the types of aromatic tobacco have been added, and the corresponding technical requirements for grade quality have been given;
- the terms and designations of the original standard have been revised and are given as Annex A (normative annex);
- Clause 4, "Test methods", of the original standard and the content of GB 5992-1986 have been turned into GB/T 5991.3-2000, Aromatic tobacco - Test methods;
- Clause 5 of the original standard has been revised as "Inspection rules";
- Clause 6 of the original standard, "Packaging, marking, transport, storage and keeping", has been turned into GB/T 5991.2-2000, Aromatic tobacco - Packaging, marking, storage and transport.
This series of standards comprises:
GB 5991.1-2000 Aromatic tobacco - Grading technical requirement
GB/T 5991.2-2000 Aromatic tobacco - Packaging, marking, storage and transport
GB/T 5991.3-2000 Aromatic tobacco - Test methods
From the date of its implementation, this standard replaces GB 5991-1986.
Annex A of this standard is a normative annex.
This standard was proposed by the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration.
This standard is under the jurisdiction of the National Technical Committee for Tobacco Standardization.
Drafting organisation of this standard: China Tobacco Leaf Production and Marketing Company.
Main drafters of this standard: Nie Heping, Liu Guoshun, Li Rui, Feng Qian, Zhou Xinqiong, Wang Guohong, Zhai Junchao, Fu Yunpeng, Wang Zhongfu.
Approved by the State Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision on 2000-01-24; implemented on 2000-03-01.
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Referenced standards
Normative references
GB/T 5991.3-2000
Cited by
- YC/T 588-2021Industrial and commercial grade standards for cigar leaves
- YC/T 436-2012Oriental tobacco. Regulation of curing technique
- YC/T 220-2007Calculating methods of economic benefit on tobacco agriculture technology production
- YC/T 210.4-2006Codes for tobacco leaf. Part 4: Codes for tobacco positions
- YC/T 210.5-2006Codes for tobacco leaf. Part 5: Color code for tobacco leaf
- YC/T 210.6-2006Codes for tobacco leaf. Part 6: Grading code for tobacco leaf
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Editions of GB 5991.1
| Edition | Title | Revision | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| GB 5991.1-2000 | Aromatic tobacco--Grading technical requirement | current edition | Current |
| GB 5991-1986 | Aromatic tobacco | merged into this edition | Superseded |
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