هيئة التقييس لدول مجلس التعاون لدول الخليج العربية  
STANDARDIZATION ORGANIZATION FOR GCC (GSO)  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
Final draft  
 
GSO 05/FDS …2012 (E) 
 
     
 
 
 اللب  الأبيض(بذور القرع  
Squash Seeds  
 
 
 
 
Prepared by : 
Gulf technical committee for sector standard of food and agricultural products  
 
This document is a draft Gulf Standard circulated for comments, it is therefore, subject to 
Alteration and modification, and may not be referred it as a Gulf Standard, until approved by 
the Board of Directors.  
 
  
 
ICS 67.080. 20  
 
  
 
 Foreword  
Standardization Organization for GCC (GSO) is a regional Organization 
which consists of the National Standards Bodies of GCC member States. 
One of GSO main functions is to issue Gulf Standards .Technical 
regulation through specialized technical committees (TCs)  
GSO through the technical program of committee TC No. 5 " Gulf 
technical committee for Food & Agricultural standards " has adopted 
Codex Standard No.  CAC .RCP 50 -2003.  
The Draft Standard has been prepared by (Republic of Yemen)  
This standard has been  approved as a Gulf (Technical Regulation) by 
GSO Board of Directors in its meeting No.(       ),held on                    .     .             
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Squash  Seeds  
 
 
1.     Scope  
 This standard  s is i nvolved in the basic provisions  for Squash Seeds valid 
for consumption  and not concern the seeds used in agriculture .  
 
2.  Normative references  
 
 
2.1  GSO 21  " HYGIENIC REGULATIONS FOR POULTRY PROCESSING 
 ABATTOIR AND THEIR PERSONNE " 
 
2.2  GSO 9  " Labeling of  prepackaged food stuffs " 
 
2.3  GSO 150  " Expiration periods at food pruducts " 
 
2.4  GSO 988   " Limits of radi ation levels permitted in foods stuff part - 
 
2.5  GSO CAC 193:2008  " General Standard for contaminants & toxins in       
     food" 
 
2.6  GSO 382  "Maximum Allowable Limits of Pesticides Residue in              
           Agricultural and Food Products, Part 1 "  
 
         & GSO 383  "Maximum Allowable Limits of Pesticides Residue in 
Agricultural and Food Products, Part 2 "  
 
2.7  GSO 1016  " MICRO BIOLOGICAL CRITERIA FOR FOODSTUFFS " 
 
2.8       GSO 839    " FOOD PACKAGES - PART 1: GENERAL                           
      REQUIREMENTS " 
 
2.9       GSO 168    " REQUIREMENTS OF STORAGE FACILITIES FOR 
DRY       AND CANNED FOODSTUFFS  
  
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3.      DIFINATION  
 
3.1        Squash Seeds  is a complete , appropriate and dry see ds of Cucurbiea        
      Pep L  
 
4.      Requirements  
4.1      Production and packing are carried out in places acquire health  
          conditions as  ( 2.1) . 
4.2      The seeds must be clean , full matured and  valid for human consumption . 
4.3      The seeds must  be of the crop of the year's production maintained its  
          natural features , free of strange odor and taste. free of living insects  . 
4.4  The seeds shall  be free of insects , its phases and pests .  
4.5      The seeds shall  be free of  external  fungal growth.   
4.6      The seeds shall  be free of path ogenic bacteria and its poisons  
4.7 The seeds shall  be free of  Rancidity.  
4.8 The seeds shall  be free of  materials that  poisonous and harmful .  
4.9 The rest of pesticides must be in the allowed limits as (2.6). 
4.10 The radi ation  levels  shall  be in the allowed limits as ( 2.4). 
4.11 MICROBIOLOGICAL limits shall  be in the allowed limits as ( 2.7). 
4.12  Fungal Poisons limits shall  be in the allowed limits as (2.5)  
4.13  The cleaning degree shall  be 97% minimum in weight .  
4.14  The seeds shall  be homogenous in form and volume , 2% can be               
            exceeded in weight   
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4.15    Moisture content  shall not  exceed  6% of weight  
4.16      Rate of commercial defects  in 4% in weight including  immature seeds  
           – empty    seeds – shrunken seeds , color changed seeds – epicarp              
            removed seeds  
4.17    The rate of blemishes and foreign items on 3% in weight  
5.            Storage  
5.1         The storage of product shall  be in the allowed as  ( 2.9)  .  
 
6.    Packing      
6.1   The product is packed in adequate bottles  and preserved in its nature  
           Features  and its validity for human consumption  
6.2   The used bottles shall  be in complay  with the standard  mentioned  
                      In item  (2.8)   
    
7.             Labeling   
               With considering  Gulf standards and   mentioned in items  (2.2&2.3)  
7.1         The following data is written in Arabic and can be written in other           
             languages in  addition to Arabic : 
7.1.1    Name of the product , address , and its trade mark  
 
7.1.2    Name of   brand . 
 
7.1.3    Net weight . 
 
7.1.4    Conditions of storing and circulation  
 
 
7.1.5    Production , Expiry  Date  .  
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7.1.6    Country of origin  , name of importer and its address in case of import  
 
                    
 
 
8.               Method s of Test  
8.1     Tests are carried out according to the Gulf Standard s 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
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Referance  
 
Egypt standard  ((5113/2006)