GCC STANDARDIZATION ORGANIZATION ( GSO ) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GSO5/  FDS / ........   : 2013 
 
 
 
Frozen liver 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Prepared by : 
Gulf technical committee for standards of food and agriculture products 
This document is a draft Gulf standard circulated for comments, it is therefore, 
subject to change, and may not be referred to it as a Gulf standard, until 
approved by the board of directors  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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FOR EWORD  
 
The Gulf Standardization Organization for GCC (GSO) is a regional organization 
which consists of the National Standard s 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 standards of  food and agriculture products  has prepared "  Frozen 
Liver  " the draft standard has been prepared by the state of Qatar. The draft 
standard has been prepared based on relevant ADMO, International and national 
foreign standards and references.  
 
This stan dard has been approved as Gulf standard by GSO Board of Direction in 
its meeting No…/…. ……held on   /  /   /  H,  /  /  G    
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 Frozen liver  
 
 
1.  Scope and filed of application:  
 
This Gulf Standard is concerned with the basic requirements , descriptive criteria ,  methods of 
examination and testing of frozen liver.  
 
2.  Complementary standards:  
2.1   GSO  9   “ Labeling of prepackaged foods” .   
2.2   GSO 150 “ Expiration periods at food products “.  
2.3 GSO 323 “ General r equirements for transportation and storage of chilled and frozen foods. “. 
2.4  GSO 593 " Meat and meat products - Physical tests .  
2.5 GSO 835 " Organs and viscera of mutton , goat ,cattle, camel and buffalo , chilled and frozen  
2.6 GSO 839 “ Food packages  – Part 1 : General requirements “.  
2.7 GSO 988 “  Limits of radioactivity levels permitted in foodstuffs – Part 1"  
2.8 GSO 993 "Animal slaughtering requirements according to Islamic law" .  
2.9 GSO 1016 “  Microbiological criteria for foodstuffs – part 1”. 
2.10 GSO 1882 " Methods for  Physical and chemical analysis of meat and  meat products  
 
 
3. Definitions :  
Frozen liver  :  
Liver taken from animals approved for use for human consumption or poultry (with or without  
hearts and viscera) processed to remove polyps and tissue s and gallbladder and washed directly 
under sanitary conditions, and packaged in containers suitable for keeping a freeze.  
 
 
 
4. Requirements  
4.1 For animals and  birds the liver taken from it :  
4.1.1 It should be  one of the following animal species: cattle - buffalo - sheep - goats - camels - 
rabbits - domestic birds - ostriches.  
4.1.2 Of the areas to be proven  should be  free of epidemic disease s .    
4.1.3 Not exceed the limits  of radiation  levels  on the permissible limits  in the  Gulf standard  
mentioned in item  (7.2) .  
4.1.4  Non -hormone treatment.   
4.1.5 Not be treated with antibiotics at least in the last month prior to slaughter.  
4.1.6 Are free from infectious diseases and stages and its secretions.  
4.1.7 To be slaughtered according to Islamic law, according to Gulf standard mentioned in     
Item 2.8.  
4.1.8 That comes from animals or poultry in conformity with the requirements set out in Item4.1.  GULF STANDARD                                                                                              GSO   / 20 13       
                                                                                             
 
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 4.1.9  liver in a good appearance and  natural held in terms  of color, smell and feel characteristic 
of the type of animal.  
4.1.10 It shall be free from vesicles, p arasites, abscesses , stains, signs of spoilage or damage.  
4.1.1 1 It shall be free from dirt and foreign matter.  
4.1.1 2  Microbiological limits shall be  comply to what mentioned  in the Gulf standard 
mentioned stated in Item 2.9.  
4.1.1 3 Units of frozen liver shall be free from freez ing burns .  
 
4.2  Chemical requirements  
4.2.1 Volatile nitrogen compounds shall not exceed of 30 mg / 100 g.  
4.2.2  Drip shall not exceed on 10% from the weight of Frozen unit .  
4.2.3 pH shall be ranged from 5.5 to 6.2  
4.2.4 contaminations shall not exceed  what is shown  next to each of them  as part  mn 
 
Mercury        0.2 
Arsenic          0.5 
Lead             0.5 
Cadmium      0.5 
   4.2.5  It shall don’t have additives or color  
 
 
5. Packaging, transport and storage:  
 
5.1  Packaging  : The product shall be packed in accordance with the requirements stated  in the 
Gulf Standard mentioned in Item (2. 3). 
 
5.2 The frozen  liver  be packed in : 
- bags of transparent polyethylene impermeable to moisture, gases and vapors.  
- bags inside cardboard boxes resistant to moisture (wet labs against).  
- In the case of containers of poultry liver blended with frozen hearts and guts, the visce ra must 
be de -crust interior.  
 
6. Transport  
It shall be transport ed in containers which protect it against damage and contamination and not   
Previously used in the transfer of any harmful substances or toxic . 
7.  Storage  
 
The frozen liver shall be store d at a temperature of not more than ( -18 º C) according to Gulf 
Standard mentioned in Item 2.3.  
 
8. Test methods : 
Tests shall be carried out according to Gulf Standards mentioned in Item (2.10).  
 
 
9 . Labeling  :: 
 
Without prejudice to what mentioned in Gulf Standard stated in Item (2.1) the following data 
shall be declared on the label :  GULF STANDARD                                                                                              GSO   / 20 13       
                                                                                             
 
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9.1 Product Name and type of animal or poultry taken from them.  
 
9.2 Name and address of the producer and  trade mark  (if any).  
 
9.3 Date of slaughter and expiration date.  
 
9.4 Net weight of the frozen unit packaged.  
 
9.5 Country of origin and the name and address of the importer in case of import .  
 
9.6 In the case of mix chicken liver with guts and hearts that requires a statement on the card.