هيئة التقييس لدول مجلس التعاون لدول الخليج العربية  
STANDARDIZATION ORGANIZATION FOR G.C.C (GSO)  
 
 
 
 
First Draft 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GSO  05 CD  .... / 5102  
 
 
 
 
رقائق الحبوب (حبوب الإفطار 
Cereal Flakes  (Breakfast Cereals)  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
إعداد 
اللجنة الفنية الخليجية لقطاع المواصفات الغذائية والزراعية  
 
هذه الوثيقة مشروع لمواصفة قياسية خليجية تم توزيعها لإبداء الرأي والملحوظات بشأنها ، لذلك فإنها 
عرضة للتغيير والتبديل، ولا يجوز الرجوع إليها كمواصفة قياسية خليجية إلا بعد اعتمادها من مجلس 
إدارة الهيئة. 
ICS:  67.060   
 
 
تقديم 
 
هيئة التقييس لدول مجلس التعاون لدول الخليج العربية هيئة إقليمية تضم في عضويتها الأجهزة الوطنية  
للمواصفات والمقاييس في دول الخليج العربية، ومن مهام الهيئة إعداد المواصفات القياسية الخليجية 
بواسطة لجان فنية متخصصة. 
 
وقد قامت هيئة التقييس لدول مجلس التعاون لدول الخليج العربية ضمن برنامج عمل اللجنة الفنية رقم5 
"اللجنة الفنية الخليجية لقطاع المواصفات الغذائية والزراعية بإعداد هذه المواصفة القياسية الخليجية من 
قبل دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة وقد تم إعداد المشروع بعد استعراض المواصفات العربية والأجنبية 
والدولية والمؤلفات المرجعية ذات الصلة . 
  
وقد اعتمدت هذه المواصفة كمواصفة قياسية  في اجتماع مجلس إدارة الهيئة رقم (   )، الذي عقد بتاريخ   
/   /    هـ ،  الموافق   /  /    م.  
 
Foreword  
GCC Standardization Organization (GSO) is a regional Organization which 
consists of the N ational Standards Bodies of GCC member States. One of GSO 
main functions is to issue Gulf Standards /Technical regulations through 
specialized technical committees (TCs).  
 
GSO through the technical program of committee TC No.:5  "Technical 
committee for sta ndards of food and agriculture products ” has prepared this 
Standard. The Draft Standard has been prepared by United Arab Emirates.  
The draft Standard has been prepared based on relevant AIDMO, International 
and National foreign Standards and references.  
 
This standard has been approved as a Gulf  Standard by GSO Board of Directors  
in its meeting No.(       ),held on         /     /   H ,      /     /          G.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 Cereal Flakes (Breakfast Cereals)  
1- Scope:  
 This Standard is concerned with the requi rements that must be met in 
Cereal Flakes (Breakfast Cereals), and it does not comprise the Corn 
Flakes. It also includes the requirements of packaging, labeling, and 
test methods.  
2- Complementary References:  
2/1 GSO 9: Labeling of Prepackaged Foods.  
2/2 GSO 150 -2: Expiration Dates of Food Products - Part 2: Voluntary  
Expir ation  Dates.  
2/3 GSO 258: Methods of Test of Corn Flakes.  
2/4 GSO 2233: Requirements of Nutritional Labeling.  
2/5 GSO 1016: Microbiological Criteria for Foods - Part 1.  
2/6 GSO 21: Hygie nic Regulations of Food Plants and their Personnel.  
2/7 GSO 382 & GSO 383: Maximum Limits of Pesticide Residues 
permitted in Agricultural and Food Products - Part 1 and Part 2.  
2/8 GSO/CAC 193: General Standard for Contaminants and Toxins in 
Food and Feed.  
2/9 GSO 839: Food Packages - Part 1 - General Requirements.  
2/10 GSO 1694: General principles of food hygiene.  
2/11 GSO 1863: Food Packages - Part 2: Plastic Packages - General 
Requirements.  
2/12 GSO CAC MRL 2: Maximum Limits of Veterinary Drugs Residue i n 
Food.  
2/13 GSO 2276: Detection of Pork Lard in Foods.  
2/14 GSO 998: Methods for Detection of Permissible Radionuclides Limits 
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 2/15 GSO 707: Flavorings Permitted for Use in Foodstuffs.  
2/16 GSO 2333: Requirements for Nutrition and Health Claim in  Food.  
2/17 GSO R 87: Quantity of Product in Packages.  
2/18 GSO CAC GL 1: General Guidelines on Claims . 
2/19 GSO 2055 -1: General Requirements for Halal Food.  
2/20 Standards approved by GSO related to:  
2/20/1  Determination Methods  of Veterinary Drugs Residu es.  
2/20/2  Determination  Methods of Pesticide Residues.  
2/20/ 3 Additives Permitted for Use in Food Stuffs . 
 
3- Definitions:  
3/1 Cereal Flakes : A food product prepared from one kind or more of 
milled grains, and it can be mixed with the products of millin g one or 
more of legumes seeds or edible tubers, with or without adding suitable 
flavoring agents, then to be flaked, cooked and dried to a suitable 
degree.  
3/2 Foreign Bodies: Any materials which are not of the origin of the 
product or its additives.  
4- Requirements:  
4/1 The ingredients used in processing should be in conformity to the Gulf 
Standards pertained to each of them.  
4/2 The product should be prepared in accordance with the hygienic 
conditions mentioned in the Gulf Standard set forth in Items (2/ 6 - 
2/10).  
4/3 The product should be completely free from whatever violates the 
Provisions of the Islamic Sharia, without any contradiction with the 
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 4/4 The product should be free from living insects, their stages an d ova, 
and the spoilage resulting from their effects.  
4/5 The product should be free from the foreign bodies, impurities, 
rancidity, undesirable odor and taste.  
4/6 The product should maintain its distinctive natural characteristics.  
4/7 They should be t hin, crispy, identical in color and size, and free from 
burnt pieces.  
4/8 Moisture content should not exceed 7 % by weight.  
4/9 Without prejudice of any other technical regulations or legislations, the 
following optional materials may be added, such as: co coa and its 
products, honey, dried fruit and vegetables, spices and their extracts, 
nuts, enrichment materials such as vitamins and minerals, peppers, and 
flavorings which should be added in compliance with the Gulf Standard 
set forth in Item (2/15).  
4/10 Without prejudice of the Standard set forth in Item (2/8), the limits of 
the heavy metals in the product should not exceed the following rates 
(parts per million - ppm):  
Mercury  0.03 
Arsenic  1.0 
Lead  0.2 
Cadmium  0.2 
4/11 The microbiological parameters of the product should not exceed the 
maximum limits permitted in conformity with the Gulf Standard set 
forth in Item (2/5).  
4/12 The limits of pesticide residues should not exceed the maximum limits 
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 4/13 The radionuclides limit should not exceed the maximum limits 
permitted in conformity with the Gulf Standard set forth in Item (2/8).  
4/14 The residue limits of veterinary drugs should not exceed the maximum 
limits permitted in conformit y with the Gulf Standard set forth in Item 
(2/12).  
4/15 Food additives which  may be added should not exceed the maximum 
limits permitted in conformity with the Gulf Standard set forth in Item 
(2/20/ 3). 
4/16 The quantity of the product in the package should  be conformable to 
the requirements mentioned in the Gulf Standard set forth in Item 
(2/17).  
 
5- Samples:  
5-1 Samples are to be taken randomly according to Table No. (1).  
5-2 The package mentioned in the Table means the smallest package 
offered to the cons umer in the markets.  
5-3 The total number in the Table means: Number of cartons of the batch X 
quantity of packages in each carton.  
Table No. (1)  
Number of packages taken as representative samples  
from each batch contained in the consignment  
Total number of packages of one 
batch of the consignment  Number of packages chosen from 
each batch  
1 – 3 All Packages  
4 – 15 3 
16 – 40 5 
41 – 110 8 
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 301 – 800 22 
Above 800  32 
 
6- Test Methods:  
6/1 The representative samples taken in accordance with Item (5) of this 
Standard shall undergo all the necessary tests to determine the extent of 
their conformity to the Items of this Standard in accordance with the 
Gulf Standard set forth in Item (2/3).  
6/2 Lard should be detected in accordance with the Gulf Standard set forth 
in Item (2/13).  
6/3 Radionuclides contamination should be detected in accordance with the 
Gulf Standard set forth in Item (2/14).  
6/4 Veterinary drugs residues should be detected in accordance with the 
Gulf Standard set forth in Item (2/ 20/1).  
6/5 Pesticide residues should be detected in accordance with the Gulf 
Standard set forth in Item (2/20/2).  
 
7- Packaging, Transportation & Storage:  
7/1 Packaging:  
 Without prejudice of what is provided for in the Gulf Standard set forth 
in the two I tems (2/9 & 2/11), the following should be observed:  
7/1/1  The packages to be used in packaging should be clean, tightly closed 
and manufactured from a suitable material that neither affect the 
characteristics of product quality and the safety of handling,  nor 
contaminate the product under the circumstances of storage, 
transportation and handling.  
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7/2 Transportation and Storage:  
 The following should be observed at the product transportation and 
storage:  
7/2/1  Transportation should be effected in suitable  means not previously used 
in the transportation of any materials, toxic or harmful to health.  
7/2/2  Transportation and storage should be effected by means that protect the 
product from mechanical damage and corruption.  
7/2/3  The product should be stored u nder hygienic circumstances in well 
ventilated stores, away from sources of contamination, heat and 
moisture.  
 
8- Labeling:  
 Without prejudice of what is provided for in the Gulf Standards set 
forth in the Items (2/1, 2/4, 2/16, 2/18), the following should  be 
mentioned on the Labels of the packages:  
8/1 Name of product and kind of the used grains (wheat, rice, legumes or 
mixture thereof …).  
8/2 Guidelines for use, preservation, transportation and storage.  
8/3 Validity duration according to what is provided for in the Standard set 
forth in Item (2/2).  
8/4 The materials used in food enrichment such as vitamins and minerals.  
 
 
 
 
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References  
 
1. U.S Food and Drug Administration, Code of Federal Regulation, title 21, volume 
2, revised April 1, 2014; Part 101 Food L abeling, Subpart A, General provisions 
Sec. 101.9, Nutrition labeling of food.  
URL: 
http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfcfr/CFR Search.cfm?fr=101.9
&SearchTerm=cereal  
2. Food Standard Agency, United Kingdom; Trade Information Sheet No 2, cereals 
and cereal Products, URL:  
http://www.food.gov.uk/sites/default/files/multimedia/pdfs/tradeinfo02.pdf  
3. European Commission, Regulation (EC) No 1925/2006 of the European 
Parliament and of the Council, 20 December 2006, The addition of vitamins and 
minerals and of certain other substa nces to foods.  
4. European Commission, Commission Directive, 2008/100/EC, 28 October 2008, 
Amending Council Directive 90/496/EEC on nutrition labeling for foodstuffs as 
regards recommended daily allowances, energy conversion factors and definitions.  
5. Ministry of Health of Siri Lanka, Food Standards Regulation, Division Cereals, 
Pulses, Legumes, and Derived Products and Vegetable Protein, URL: 
http://www.health.gov.lk/en/FOODWEB/files/regulations/draft/cereals_pulses_leg
umes_derived_products_regulations.pdf  
6. Egyptian Standardization Project for Cereal Flakes  
7. Syrian National Standards for Cereals Flakes No. SNS 3082:2012