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Wheat bran and wheat pollard for animal feeds — Specification , and is being proposed for adoption as a 
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 Wheat bran and wheat pollard for animal feeds — Specification 
1 Scope  
This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements, sampling and test methods for  wheat bran and wheat 
pollard for use as animal feedstuff and or ingredient for compounding animal feeds. 
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 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 6495, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of w ater-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 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, 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 
EAS 38, Labelling of pre-packaged foods — General requirements  
3 Terms and definitions  
For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions 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  
wheat bran 
the coarse outer layers removed during the milling process for white wheat flour 
3.2  
wheat pollard  
the fine outer layers removed along with germ during the milling process for white wheat flour 
4 Requirements 
4.1 General requirements  
Wheat bran and wheat pollard shall be: 
a) flaky in appearance; 
b) free form unpleasant or musty, stale, or any other objectionable odour; 
c) free from metallic objects, adulterants and insect infestation; and 
d) free from acidity and any other harmful constituents. 
4.2 Specific requirements  
Wheat bran and wheat pollard shall conform to the requirements specified in Table 1.when tested in 
accordance with the test methods specified therein. 
Table 1 — Requirements for wheat bran and wheat pollard 
 
 S/No  Characteristic  Requirement  Test method  
Bran  Pollard  
1 Moisture , per cent  by mass , max.  12.0 12 ISO 6496  
2 Crude proteina, per cent  by mass , min. 13.5 – 15.0 12 ISO 5983 -1 
3 Crude fat , per cent  by mass , min. 2.5 2.5 ISO 6492  
4 Crude fibre, per cent  by mass , max. 12.0 8 ISO 6865  
5 Total ash per cent  by mass , max. 1.0 5 ISO 5984  
a The values  are on dry matter  basis  
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 5 Aflatoxin 
Wheat bran and wheat pollard shall not have aflatoxins above 20 pbb, when tested in accordance with ISO 
16050 and ISO 14718 . 
6 Packaging 
Wheat bran and wheat pollard shall be packed in bags or any suitable container designed to preserve and 
protect the product and shall be properly sealed. 
7 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 for example ―Maize gluten ‖; 
c) name and physical address of the manufacturer; 
d) net weight in metric units; 
e) batch number /lot identification; 
f) manufacturing date; and 
g) storage instructions. 
8 Sampling 
Sampling shall be done in accordance with ISO  6497.  
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 Bibliography 
EAS 353:2004, Wheat bran as animal feeds specificatio n  
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