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 DRAFT EAST AFRICAN STANDARD  
Oilseed cakes and meal for animal feeds  — Specification   
EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY  
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 Foreword  
Development of the East Afric an Standards has been necessitated by the need for harmonizing requirements 
governing quality of products and services in the East African Community. It is envisaged that through 
harmonized standardization, trade barriers that are encountered when goods an d services are exchanged 
within the Community will be removed.  
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feeding stuffs . 
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This second  edition cancels and replaces the first edition ( EAS 287:2002), which has been  technically rev ised.  
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 Oilseed cakes  and meal  for animal feed  — Specification  
1 Scope   
This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements, sampling and test methods  for for oilseed cakes and 
meal used as livestock feedstuffs  
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 stuffs — Determination of nitrogen content and calculation of crude protein 
content — Part 1: Kjeldahl method  
ISO 5 984, 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 6495, 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 — Determination of crude fibre content — Method with intermediate filtration  
ISO 9831, Animal feeding stuffs, animal pro ducts, 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, Foodstuffs — 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 
ISO 660 , Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of acid value and acidity  
EAS 38 , Labelling of pre -packaged foods — General requirements  
3 Terms and definitions   
For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions shall apply.  
ISO and IEC maintain terminological databases for use in standardization at the following addresses:  
— ISO Online browsing platform: available at http://www.iso.org/obp  
3.1  
oilseed cakes  
oilseeds from which most of the oil is pressed/expelled and fo rmed into a cohesive mass  
 
3.2  
oilseed meal  
oilseeds from which most of the oil is extracted using solvents  
3.3  
extraneous matter  
organic or inorganic material other than the specified oilseed cake and meal such as stone, dead insects, 
bones , stems and others  
4 Requirements  
4.1  General requirements  
Oilseed cakes and meal for feed stuff shall be free from :  
a) any odour indicating a change in condition such as mouldy or rotten material;  
b) contaminants such as harmful bacteria, yeast s and moulds ; and 
c) impuriti es such as stones or metallic particles, castor seed and any toxic material or extraneous 
material . 
4.2 Specific Requirements   
4.2.1  Oilseed cakes  and meal shall conform to the  requirements specified  in Table 1  when tested  in 
accordance  with the test metho ds specified  therein . 
 
 
  
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 Table 1 — Specific requirements for oilseed cakes  and meal  by mass  
Oilseed s  Form  Moisture ,
%, max. Crude 
protein ,
%, min. Crude 
fat 
(oil), 
%, 
max.  Free fatty 
acids, %, 
max. 
(calculated as 
lauric acid in 
extracted fat ) Crude 
fibre %, 
max.  Total 
ash, 
%, 
max.  Acid 
insoluble 
ash, %, 
max.  
Coconut (Copra)  Cake  12.0 18.0 12.0 7.0 12.0 8.0 1.0 
Ground nut  Cake  12.0 42.0 6.0 7.0 6.0 4.5 1.0 
Soya Bean  Cake  12.0 40.0 9.0 7.0 7.0 7.5 1.0 
Meal  12.0 43.0 1.69 7.0 6.13 6.82 1.0 
Full f at 
soya  12.0 38.0 18.0 7.0 7.0 7.5 1.0 
Cotton seed:  
decorticated  Cake  12.0 33.0 10.0 7.0 17.0 7.0 1.0 
Meal  12.0 43.0 2.8 7.0 11.47  6.46 1.0 
Cotton seed : 
undecorticated  Cake  12.0 30.0 10.0 7.0 25.0 6.0 1.0 
Sunflower:  
decorticated  Cake  12.0 32.0 10.0 7.0 17.0 8.0 1.0 
Meal  12.0 31.76  2.62 2.0 22.0 6.18 1.0 
Sunflower:  
undecorticated  Cake 12.0 25.0 10.0 7.0 28.0 8.0 1.0 
Sesame 
(Simsim ) Cake  12.0 40.0 8.0 7.0 5.0 14.0 1.0 
Rape seed  Cake  12.0 30.0 10.0 7.0 14.0 8.0 1.0 
Meal  12.0 36.0 2.28 7.0 12.3 6.94 1.0 
Maize germ cake  Cake  12.0 14.0 12.0 7.0 13.0 3.0 1.0 
Amaranth  Cake  12.0 16.0 10.0 7.0 12.0 4.0 1.0 
Black seed  Cake  12.0 35.0 6.0 7.0 6.0 12.7 1.0 
Chia seed  Cake  12.0 25.0 18.2 7.0 29.2 6.8 1.0 
EAS 74  
Methods of test for animal 
feeds tuffs (Reference to clause 
number  ISO 6496  ISO 
5983 -1 ISO 
6492  ISO 660  ISO 
6865  ISO 
5984  ISO 5985  
 
5 Contaminants  
5.1 Aflatoxin  
Aflatoxin contami nation shall not be more than 20  ppb for B 1 and 50 ppb for total aflatoxin when tested in 
accordance with ISO 16050  and ISO 17375 .  
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 5.2 Pesticide  residues  
Oilseed cakes and meal  shall comply with th e maximum pesticide residue limits established by the Codex 
Alimentarius Commission .  
5.3 Heavy metals  
Oilseed cakes and meal shall  comply with th e maximum heavy metal  limits established by the Codex 
Alimentarius Commission . 
6 Hygiene  
Oil seed cakes and meal shall be prepared in accordance with CAC/RCP 54 . 
7 Weights and measures  
Oil seed cakes and meal shall be weighed according to the weights and measures regulation o f the 
destination country .  
8 Packaging  
Oil seed cakes and meal  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 . 
9 Labelling   
In addition to the requirements in  EAS 38, each package shall be legibly and indelibly labelled with the 
following:  
a) expiry date ; 
b) name of the feed for example ― Maize bran ‖;  
c) name and physical address of the manufacturer ; 
d) additives if included shall be declared;  
e) net weight in metric units;  
f) directions and precautions for use;  
g) batch number /lot identification;  
h) manufacturing date ; and  
i) storage instru ctions .  
10 Sampling  
Sampling shall be done in accordance with ISO 6497   
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 Bibliography  
EAS 287:2002, Oilseed cakes for animal feeds  specification  
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