GB/T 5496-2026Inspection of grain and oils — Determination of yellow-coloured rice and cracked kernels (English PDF)

3 Terms and definitions

4 Principle

5 Apparatus and utensils

6 Sampling and sample division

7 Procedure

8 Expression of the results

Foreword

This document was issued on 28 January 2026 by the State Administration for Market Regulation and the Standardization Administration of the People's Republic of China, and has been in force since 1 August 2026.

It replaces GB/T 5496-1985.

The document is under the responsibility of the National Food and Strategic Reserves Administration.

Classification: ICS 67.040, CCS X 11.

3 Classification and status

GB/T 5496-2026 is classified under ICS 67.040, in the field of food technology. ICS is the International Classification for Standards, the same scheme used by ISO and by the national bodies of most countries, which is what allows a Chinese standard to be placed beside its foreign counterparts on subject rather than on number.

Its Chinese Standard Classification code is CCS X 11. CCS is the domestic scheme, a letter for the sector and two digits for the subject within it, and it is the code by which the standard is filed and searched in China.

The GB/T prefix marks a recommended national standard. It is not, in itself, law: it becomes binding when a contract names it, when a regulation or a mandatory standard refers to it, or when a producer declares conformity with it. In practice that covers most of the cases in which it will be read — a purchase specification, an inspection agreement or a certification scheme.

The document is under the responsibility of the National Food and Strategic Reserves Administration, which is the body that maintains it and that will answer a formal question about its interpretation.