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 DRAFT EAST AFRICAN STANDARD  
Maize bran  and pollard  as animal feed — Specification   
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 Contents  Page 
Foreword  ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ............................  iv 
1 Scope  ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ......................  1 
2 Normative references  ................................ ................................ ................................ ............................  1 
3 Terms and definitions  ................................ ................................ ................................ ...........................  2 
4 Requirements  ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ .........  2 
4.1 General requirements  ................................ ................................ ................................ ...........................  2 
4.2 Specific requirements  ................................ ................................ ................................ ...........................  2 
5 Feed additives  ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ........  3 
6 Contamin ants ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ .........  3 
6.1 Aflatoxin  ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ .................  3 
6.2 Pesticide residues  ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ . 3 
6.3 Heavy metal  ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ............  3 
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Hygiene  ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................  3 
8 Weights and measures  ................................ ................................ ................................ .........................  4 
9 Packaging  ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ...............  4 
10 labelling  ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ..................  4 
11 Sampling  ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ................  4 
Annex  A (normative)  Recommended additives used in maize bran and pollard ................................ ........  5 
A.1 Requirements for antioxidants  ................................ ................................ ................................ ............  5 
A.2 Requirements for  emulsifiers, stabilisers, thickeners and gelling agents  ................................ ...... 5 
A.2.1  General  ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ...................  5 
A.2.2  Name or description  ................................ ................................ ................................ ..............................  5 
A.2.3  Sucrose esters or fatty acids  ................................ ................................ ................................ ...............  7 
A.3 Requirements for binders, anti -caking agents and coagulants  ................................ .......................  7 
A.3.1  General  ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ...................  7 
A.3.2  Name or description  ................................ ................................ ................................ ..............................  8 
A.4 Requirements for aromatic and appetising substances  ................................ ................................ ... 8 
Bibliography  ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ........................  9 
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 Foreword  
Development of the East African Standards has been necessitated by the need for harmonizing requirements 
governing quality of products and services in the East Afr ican Community. It is envisaged that through 
harmonized standardization, trade barriers that are encountered when goods and services are exchanged 
within the Community will be removed.  
The Community has established an East African Standards Committee  (EASC) mandated to develop and 
issue East African Standards  (EAS) . The Committee is composed of representatives of the National 
Standards Bodies in Partner States, together with the representatives from the public and private sector 
organizations  in the commun ity.  
East African Standards are developed through  Technical Committees that are representative of key 
stakeholders including government, academia, consumer groups, private sector and other interested parties. 
Draft East African Standards are circulated to  stakeholders through the National Standards Bodies in the 
Partner States. The comments received are discussed and incorporated before finalization of standards, in 
accordance with the Principles and procedures for development of East African Standards.  
East African Standards are subject to review, to keep pace with technological advances. Users of the East 
African Standards are therefore expected to ensure that they always have the latest versions of the standards 
they are implementing .  
The committee res ponsible  for this document is Technical Committee EASC /TC 001, Animal feeds and 
feeding stuffs . 
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be subject of patent 
rights. EAC shall not be held responsible for identify ing any or all such patent rights.  
This second  edition cancels and replaces the first edition ( EAS 230:2001), which has been technically rev ised.  
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 Maize bran and pollard as animal feed — Specification  
1 Scope   
This Draft East African Standard specifies r equirements, sampling and test methods for maize bran  and 
pollard  as an animal feed . 
2 Normative references   
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content constitutes 
requirements of this document.  For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, 
the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.  
IS0 5510, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of available lysine  
ISO 5983 -1, Animal feeding stuff s — Determination of nitrogen content and calculation of crude protein 
content — Part 1: Kjeldahl method  
ISO 5984, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of crude ash  
ISO 5985, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of ash insoluble in hydrochloric acid  
ISO 6490 -1, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of calcium content — Part 1: Titrimetric method  
ISO 6491, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of phosphorus content — Spectrometric method  
ISO 6492, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of fat content  
ISO 64 95, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of water -soluble chlorides content  
ISO 6496, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of moisture and other volatile matter content  
ISO 6497, Animal feeding stuffs — Sampling  
ISO 6865, Animal feeding stuffs — Determin ation of crude fibre content — Method with intermediate filtration  
ISO 9831, Animal feeding stuffs, animal products, and faeces or urine — Determination of gross calorific value 
— Bomb calorimeter method  
ISO 13903, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of amino acids content  
ISO 14718, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of aflatoxin B1 content of mixed feeding stuffs — Method 
using high -performance liquid chromatography  
ISO 17375, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of aflatoxin B1  
ISO 16050, Foodstuff s — Determination of aflatoxin B1, and the total content of aflatoxins B1, B2, G1 and G2 
in cereals, nuts and derived products — High-performance liquid chromatographic method   
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 ISO 27085,  Animal feeding stuff — Determination of calcium, sodium, phosphorous,  magnesium, potassium, 
iron, zinc, copper, manganese, cobalt, molybdenum, arsenic, lead and cadmium by ICP -AES 
3 Terms and definitions   
For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply.  
ISO and IEC maintain terminological datab ases for use in standardization at the following addresses:  
— ISO Online browsing platform: available at http://www.iso.org/obp  
3.1  
maize bran  
product of the flourmills and is the coarse portion that is separated o n hulling of the crushed maize grain, to 
yield fine flour , and is largely composed of the seed coat  
3.2  
extraneous matter  
organic or  inorganic materials other than maize bran and pollard,  such as sand, stones, chaff, dead insects 
and others  
4 Requirements  
4.1 General requirements  
4.1.1  Maize bran and pollard shall be from maize grain conforming to EAS 2 . 
4.1.2  Maize bran shall :  
a) be free from insects, fungal contamination, rodent and insect infestation and other extraneous matter.  
b) be free from objectionabl e odo ur  
c) be  
4.2 Specific  requirements  
Maize bran shall comply with the requirements specified  in Table  1 when tested in accordance with the test 
methods specified therein . 
Table 1 — specific r equirements for maize bran  
 
Tanzania: Revise the values for Cru de protein from .6 to 12 % to align with international 
standards  
 
Characteristic  Requirement  Test method  
Metabolic energy min, kcal/kg  2200   
Moisture, %, max.  12.0 ISO 6496  
Crude protein, %, min  6.0 LAB ISO 5983 -1 
Crude fibre, %, max.  12.0 ISO 6865   
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 FFA (of crude oil), %, max.  20.0  
Crude oil, %, max.  8.0  
Ash (total), %, max.  2.5.0  ISO 5984  
Acid insoluble ash % max.  0.4 ISO 5985I  
NOTE  1 FFA is Free Fatty Acids  
NOTE 2  All values obtained are calculated from specimen on dry 
matter basis, except for t hose dealing with moisture.   
 
5 Feed additives (annex the table)  
Antioxidants and binders may be used in the maize bran  and shall conform to specific requirements given in 
annex A.  
6 Contaminants  
6.1 Aflatoxin  
Aflatoxin contamination shall not be more th an 10 ppb  for B 1 and 20  ppb for total aflatoxin . 
6.2 Pesticide  residues  
Maize bran and pollard shall comply with the maximum limits for pesticide residues stated in Codex 
Alimentarius Commission .  
6.3 Heavy metal   
Maize bran and pollard shall be free from heavy metals in amounts which may represent a hazard to animals 
and shall comply with the maximum limits of heavy metals specified in Table 3 when tested in accordance with 
the test methods specified therein.  
Table 3 — Limits  for hea vy metals in maize bran  and pollard  
S/No Heavy metal  Maximum limit, 
mg/kg  Test method  
i Arsenic  2.0  
ISO 27085  ii Lead  5.0 
iii Cadmium  1.0 
 
7 Hygiene  
Maize bran and pollard shall be prepared in accordance with CAC/RCP 54 .  
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 8 Weights and measures  
Maize bran and pollard shall be weighed according to the weights and measures regulation of the destination 
country .  
9 Packaging  
Maize bran shall be packaged in suitable containers that are of sufficient strength, and sufficiently sealed to 
withstand reasonable handling without tearing, bursting or falling open. The containers shall be clean and not 
previously used . 
10 labelling  
In addition to the requirements in US EAS 38, each package shall be legibly and indelibly labelled with the 
following:   
a) expiry date ;  
b) name of the feed fo r example ― Maize bran ‖;  
c) name and physical address  of the manufacturer ; 
d) declared proportions of crude protein, crude fibre, crude fat, total ash phosphorus, calcium lysine and 
methionine;  
e) additives if included shall be declared;  
f) net weight in metric unit s; 
g) directions and precautions for use;  
h) batch number /lot identification;  
i) manufacturing date ; and  
j) storage instru ctions .  
11 Sampling  
Sampling shall be done in accordance ISO 6497 .  
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 Annex  A 
(normative)  
 
Recommended additives used in maize bran and pollard  
A.1 Requirements for antioxidants  
Maize bran and pollard  shall contain no added antioxidant other than an antioxidant of a name or description 
specified in the first column of the table below  or any other antioxidant as shall be approved by OIE, w here an 
antioxidant if added should not exceed the maximum content, if any, specified in the second column of the 
Table A.1. 
Table A.1 — Requirements for antioxidants  
Name o r description  Maximum content in complete 
feed stuff,  mg/kg  
 L-Ascorbic acid  
 Sodium L -ascorbat e 
 Calcium di (L -ascorbate)  
 5,6-Diacetyl -L-ascorbic acid  
 6-Palmitoyl -L-ascorbic acid  
 Tocopherol -rich extracts of a 
natural origin  
 Synthetic alpha -tocopherol  
 Synthetic gamma -tocopherol  
 Synthetic delta -tocopherol   
 
 
 
GMP  
 Propyl gallate  
 Octyl gallate  
 Dodecyl gallate  100, singly or in combination  
Butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA)  150 
 
A.2 Requirements for emulsifiers, stabilisers, thickeners and gelling agents  
A.2.1 General  
Maize bran and pollard shall contain no added emulsifier, stabiliser, thickener or gellin g agent other than an 
emulsifier, stabiliser, thickener or gelling agent of a name or description, specified in A.2.2 and A.2.3 or any 
other emulsifier, stabiliser, thickener or gelling agent  as shall be approved by OIE.  
A.2.2 Name or description  
 Lecithin ;   
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  Alginic acid;  
 Sodium alginate;  
 Potassium alginate;  
 Ammonium alginate ; Calcium alginate;  
 Prophylene glycol alginate (propane -1,1-diol alginate) Agar;  
 Carrageenan;  
 Furcellaran;  
 Locust bean gum (carob gum);  
 Tamarind seed flour ;  
 Gurar gum (gua flour );  
 Tragacanth;  
 Acacia (gum Arabic);  
 Zanthan gum;  
 D-glucitol (sorbitol);  
 Mannitol;  
 Glycerol;  
 Pectins;  
 Microcrystalline cellulose;  
 Methylcellulose;  
 Ethylcellulose;  
 Hydroxylpropyl cellulose;   
 Hydroxyprophylmethylcellulose;  
 Ethylmeth ylcellulose;  
 Carb oxymethylcellulose;   
 Sodium salt;  
 Sodium, potassium and calcium salts or  
 edible fatty acids alone or in mixtures, derived from edible fat or distilled fatty acids monoacyl and 
diacylglycerols esterified with the following acids ; 
 acetic ; 
 lactic ;   
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  citric; 
 tartaric ;  
 monoacetylatartaric ; and 
 diacetyltartaric.  
A.2.3 Sucrose esters or fatty acids  
A.2.3.1  The following sucrose esters fatty acids may be added to maize bran and pollard : 
a) mixture of sucrose esters of monocyl and diacylglycerols ( sucroglycerides, polyglycerides);  
b) polyglyc erol esters of  non-polymerised edible fatty acids ; 
c) propylene glycol esters of fatty acids (propane -1,2-diol esters of fatty acids) ; 
d) stearoyl -2-lactylic acid; sodium stearoy l-1,2-lacylate; calcium stearoy l-1,2-lactylate;  
e) stearoyl -1-tartrate; glycerol poly (ethylene glycol) ricinolcate; dextrans;  sorbitan monostearate;  
f) sorbitan tristearte; sorbitan monolaurate; sorbitan mono -eleate; sorbitan monopalmitate;  
g) partial p olyglycerol esters of polycondensed fatty acids of castor oil (polyglyce rol polyricinoleate) 
polyoxyethylene (20) sorbitan monolaurate;  
h) polyoxyethylene (20) sorbitan monopalmitate , polyoxyethylene (20) sorbitan monostearate;  
i) polyoxyethylene (20) sorbitan tristearate , polyoxyethylene (20) sorbitan monocleate;  
j) polyoxyethylene (2 0) sorbitan tricleate , polyoxyethylene (8) sorbitan stearate;  and 
k) polyoxyethylene (40) stearate . 
A.2.3.2  The additives listed shall conform to the requirements in Table A.2. 
Table A.2 — Specifications for emulsifiers, stabilisers, thickeners and gelling ag ents 
Name or description  Maximum content in complete feed, 
mg/kg  
Poly (ethylene glycol) (M.W 6 000)  300 
Polyoxypropylene -polyoxyethelene polymers (M.W 6 800 -9 000)  50 
Propane -1,2-diol  36 000  
A.3 Requirements for binders, anti -caking agents and coagula nts 
A.3.1 General  
Maize bran and pollard  shall contain no added binder, anti -caking agent or coagulant other than a binder, anti -
caking agent or coagulant of a name or description specified in A.3.2.  
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 A.3.2 Name or description  
 Lignosulphonates;  
 Colloidal s ilica;  
 Silicic acid,  
 Precipitate  and dried;  
 Sodium aluminosilicate,  
 Sodium,  
 Potassium  and calcium stearate;  
 Kaolin and kaslinitic clays free of asbestos natural accruing  mixtures of minerals containing at least 65 
% complex hydrated aluminium silicate s whose main constituent in Kasolinite;  
 Bentonite and other montmerillonitee clays;  
 Vermiculite -hydrated silicate of magnesium,  
 Aluminium and iron;  
 Citric acid;  
 Kieselguhr (diatomaceous earth, purified);  
 Calcium silicate (synthetic);  and 
 Natural mixtu res of steatite and chlorite free of asbestos.  
A.4 Requirements for aromatic and appetising substances  
Maize bran and pollard  shall contain no added aromatic or appetising substance other than an aromatic or 
appetising substance of a name or description sp ecified in Table A.3 and taking account of any such 
substance which is naturally present, without exceeding the maximum content specified.  
Table D.3 — Requirements for aromatic and appetising substances  
Name or description  Maximum content  in complete fee d, 
mg/kg  
Saccharin   
GMP  All natural products and corresponding 
synthetic products  
  
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 Bibliography  
EAS 230:2001, Maize bran as animal feeds specification  
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