white rice inspection - testing

The Viet-Nhan Agriculture - Industry - Marine Control Inspection Group

45, Str. 03, Ward 04, District 03, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Tel. (848) 3832 - 7204 – (849) 03615612, Fax: (848) 3832 - 8393 [email protected], [email protected], www.aimcontrolgroup.com

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Rice Inspection

Rice Inspection

- Laboratory Services

- Supervision during loading Cleanliness

- Inspections Commercial Inspection

- Marine Survey Hold or Hatch Survey

- Fumigation Services

Please kindly review the explanations:

LABORATORY:

Our laboratory facilities for rice testing include state of the art scientific equipment for both physical and

chemical analysis. Our testing methods include:

Grain measuring (physical analysis).

Alkali testing.

Cooking test for Hommali Rice

Chemical testing for amylase content using a Spectrophotometer.

Tincture testing to determine the glutinous rice mixing in Parboiled Rice.

Crop chemical testing to determine the crop’s age.

Our lab technicians have expert knowledge and experience which ensures accuracy and precision in our

analysis.

SUPERVISION:

Supervision of the packing and marking of bags.

Weight verification on a minimum of 10% of the total amount shipped.

Quality verification on a minimum of 2% randomly selected.



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Supervision at warehouse and during loading.

Daily reconciliation reports.

Immediate notification of discrepancies with corrective action taken prior to notification.

CLEANLINEESS INSPECTION:

Clean.

Free from dirt, odors, cargo residues, foreign matter or infestations.

Watertight and safe for consignment.

The assurance that your consignment will be transported in a clean and safe manner.

Minimal risk of loss or damage to your consignment during shipping and storage.

Anticipation and avoidance of potential problems.

Inspection Services:

All agricultural commodities including:

Rice, Sugar, Coffee Beans, Pulse, Maize, Sesame, Tapioca Flour

Ensure the grain is not water damaged, contaminated or heated

Observation of loss due to demurrage or dead-freight.

Replacement of all packaging damaged during loading.

Checking seal quality of all repackaging damaged before reloading.

Ensure all holds are clean, dry, odorless and fit for loading.

Ensure the commodities are fully loading on board.

HOLD OR HATCH SURVEY:

We inspect that all transportation standards are of the highest quality.

Including:

Type of floor, wood/steel.

Condition of sides/bulkheads.



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Amount/type of damage

Any damp or wet areas.

Overall cleanliness.

Nationality of vessel.

Condition of all ventilators.

Will D/tanks be used for cargo or ballast?

Cargo plan.

Hold capacities.

Type of hatch or cover sealing.

Air/gas holes or potential leakage.

Condition of floor.

Pct of cargo battens

Previous cargo.

Infestation.

Year built.

Type of ventilation.

Dunnage supplied.

Remarks.

Type of hatch cover.

Condition of sealing.

Position of holes.

Water tightness survey of vessel’s hatch.

To ensure the goods you are purchasing are transported from the field to their final location at the

highest quality.



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DEFINITIONS OF STANDARDS OF RICE

Rice Standards means the minimum specifications for rice of each type and grade for domestic, trade and

international trade.

Rice means non-glutinous and glutinous (Oriya sativa L.) in whatever form.

Paddy means rice that is not already dehusked.

Cargo rice (Loonzain rice, Brown rice, Husked rice) means rice that is dehusked only.

White rice means rice that is obtained by removing bran from Cargo non-glutinous rice.

White glutinous rice means rice that is obtained by removing bran from cargo glutinous rice.

Parboiled rice means non-glutinous rice that has passed through the parboiling process and had it’s bran

removed.

Rice classification means rice kernels of various lengths as specified which are a mixture of rice kernels in

each class in accordance with the specified proportion.

Classes of rice kernels means classes of rice kernels which are classified in accordance with the length of the

whole kernel.

Parts of rice kernels mean each part of the whole kernel that is divided lengthwise into 10 equal parts.

Whole kernels mean rice kernels that are in whole condition without any broken parts, including kernels that

have the length as from 9 parts onward.

Head rice means broken rice kernels whose lengths are more than those of brokens but have not reached the

length of whole kernels. This includes split kernels that retain the area as from 80% of the whole kernel.

Brokens mean broken kernels that have the length as from 2.5 parts but have not reached the length of head

rice. This includes split kernels that retain the area less than 80% of the whole kernel.

Small brokens C1 Mean small broken kernels that pass through round hole metal sieve No.7.

Undermilled kernels mean milled rice kernels that have the milling degree below that specified for each grade

of rice.

Red kernels mean rice kernels that have red bran covering the kernels, wholly or partly.

Yellow kernels mean rice kernels that have some parts of kernels turned yellow. This includes parboiled rice

kernels that are light brown, partly or wholly.



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Black kernels mean parboiled rice kernels that are black for the whole kernel, including kernels that are dark

brown.

Partly black kernels mean parboiled rice kernels that have a black or dark brown on the kernel as from 2.5

parts onwards but not reaching the whole kernel.

Peck kernels mean parboiled rice kernels that have black or dark brown areas not reaching 2.5 parts.

Chalky kernels mean non-glutinous rice kernels that have an opaque area like chalk covering the kernels as

from 50% onwards.

Damaged kernels mean kernels that that are obviously damaged as can be seen by the naked eye due to

moisture, heat fungi, insects or other.

Undeveloped kernels mean kernels that do not develop normally as should be, and are flat without starch.

Immature kernels mean rice kernels that are light green, obtained from immature paddy.

Other seeds mean seeds of other matter than rice.

Foreign matter means other matter than rice. This includes rice husk and bran detached from rice kernels.

Milling degree means the degree to which the rice is milled.

Sieve means round hole metal sieve No. 7, that is 0.79 mm. (0.069 inch).

The unit ‘per cent’ means percentage by weight except for weight of grain classification which is percentage

by quantity.

We inspect rice products and general cargo for many countries worldwide.

Locally we also work with The Public Warehouse Organization (a Government subsidized project) under The

Ministry of Commerce to ensure the rice purchased by various warehouses meets specified quality standards.



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PROCEDURE OF RICE INSPECTION/SURVEY

Rice Inspection and Testing Services include:

General Rice Shipment Inspection:

Check Job Assignment Details: Shipper, Commodities, Specification, Weight, Packing, Mark, Quantity, Vessel’s

Name, Destination, Inspection date, etc.

Tare, gross and net weight of packaged rice is checked

Rice Quality is checked before and during loading

Cargo is checked for worms, insects, and foreign matter

Digital Photos are taken during the course of inspection

Rice weighing inspection:

The Weighing scale is checked before packing with standardized weights

Tare Weight of empty bags is checked

Random checking of gross weight is performed

Uniform Weight is reported

Rice loading inspection:

The Inspector checks the condition of the Lighter, including cleanliness, previous cargo, and type of floor,

overlaid with dunnage and suitable for fumigation

Before container stuffing, the empty container is checked for cleanliness, dry, free of odour, free of

infestation, watertight, etc.

Rice product quality is checked during loading. Report in statement of fact for rice loading, physical analysis

report and finding for worms, insects, and foreign matter is performed

Sampling of rice cargo loading:

The Weigh Scale is checked before packing with standard weight

Pre-Loading Samples are taken, packed and sealed before loading

Loading Samples and reference samples are taken

Lab Analysis rice samples are taken for physical and chemical analysis in the laboratory

Composite sample mixing is taken for all samples of each day of Loading

The Weigh Scale is checked before packing with standard weight



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Rice Quality laboratory testing:

Grain Composition, types and grades of rice

Rice Defects

Chemical Analysis

Amylose content and moisture content

Milling degree and Milling period

Admixture of other non-glutinous rice varieties

Alkali Test, Non-radioactivity test, DNA test, GMO test

Aflatoxin B1and B2, and G1 andG2

Pesticide residue analysis

Inspection and Testing of Rice

According the needs and requirements of our clients, the inspection or expertise offered by the agricultural

division of AIM Control Group. Can cover one or several of the following services :

• Verification and supervision of the goods at loading or discharge (vessel, rake, container, trucks, etc.)

• Ascertainment of the weight (by mechanical/volumetric methods or by draft survey)

• Sampling as per international standards

• Quality inspection (condition of the cargo, physical parameters and organoleptic analysis)

• Quality analysis / Testing at laboratory

• Cleanliness inspections (hatches, containers, wagons, etc. before loading the goods)

• Tally (during loading or discharge)

Other services based on the above-mentioned activities or based on inspection and/or expertise of agricultural

commodities upon request

We would like to inform you of our specialisation in the worldwide wherein we have with continuous

research in collaboration with the Vietnamese & International research institutes developed new expertise and

capabilities in the last few years. Our role as an inspection and testing agency is not only to analyse the

traditional parameters of Vietnamese & International rice like moisture, broken, yellow kernels,



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damaged/discoloured kernels, red/red-streaked kernels, foreign matter, etc., but to identify the pure

Vietnamese & International kernels from the rest (admixture). Many methods have been employed to

discriminate Vietnamese & International from other varieties such as visual appearance, cooking analysis, etc.

Till today one of the most dependable methods to check adulteration of rice for the low grade varieties of rice

was the conventional grand mother’s method, i.e. the cooking test. After cooking the kernels are segregated

according to their elongation in length and widening in breadth (it is this highest elongation in length and

lowest widening in breadth after cooking that gives Vietnamese & International the slender appearance on the

platter). However, this test alone doesn’t give 100 % reliability, because of the development and introduction

of new seeds very close to the traditional varieties of Vietnamese & International rice. The cooking test must

be carried out jointly with another test called Alkali Digestion Test. This test indicates the type and degree of

disintegration of the starchy endosperm of the kernels, on that basis the kernels are rated on a seven-point

numerical scale (each variety has a different position on the numerical scale).

Apart from admixture (of other varieties of rice), an inspection of Vietnamese & International rice is especially

important for the weight, packing and marking of the bags/packages especially when Vietnamese &

International rice is exported in consumer packs of 5, 10, 20 and 25, 35, 50 kgs with grade 100%, 25%,

20%, 15%, 10% & 5% broken.

The inspections of Vietnamese & International rice are usually carried out as per the grades/standards

stipulated by Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Govt. of Vietnamese & International for brown, parboiled

and raw Vietnamese & International rice meant for export. However, Vietnamese & International rice analysis

can also be carried out as per customized specifications or type-samples approved and sealed by the buyers

(the samples drawn at the time of inspection and the type-samples are compared on the basis of Ministry of

Commerce and Industry, Govt. of Vietnamese & International parameters).

PLEASE CONTACT US:

Agriculture - Industry - Marine Control Inspection Group.

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Skype: aimcontrol



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ADD: 45, Street 03, Ward 04, District 03, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

http://www.aimcontrolgroup.com

Tel : +84-8-3832-7204

Fax : +84-8-3832-8393

Cell : +84903615612

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white rice inspection - testing

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