Gulf Standard                                                                                                             GSO…/2013  
 
هيئة التقييس لدول مجلس التعاون لدول الخليج العربية  
STANDARDIZATION ORGANIZATION FOR G.C.C (GSO ) 
 
 
Final  draft  
GSO/ FDS…./2013  
  
 
 Pulses and cereal and their products -  
 Canned cooked dry cowpea  
  
 
 
 
 
 
Prepared by:  
 Gulf technical committee for sector standards of  
Food and agriculture products  
This document is a draft Gulf standard circulated for comments, it is therefore, 
subject to alteration and modification, and may not be referred as a Gulf standard, 
until approved by the Board of Directors                                                                                                                                       
 
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Foreword  
 
GCC Standardization Organization (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 regulations through specialized technical 
committees (TCs).  
GSO through the technical program of committee TC No.(5) “Gulf technical 
committee for sector Standards of Foods and Agricultural products” has  prepared 
the Gulf Standard  for "  Pulses and cereal and their products -  Canned cooked  dry 
cowpea "   . The draft Standard has been prepared by State of Qatar.  
This Standard has been approved as a Gulf Technical Regulation without any 
technical modifications by GSO Board of Directors in its meeting No. (    ), held on     /    
/     H,      /      /     G.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Pulses and cereal and their products - 
Canned cooked dry cowpea  
 
1-Scope:  
This Gulf Standard is concerned with the requirements of canned cooked dry cowpea  
  Fit for human consumption.  
 
2-Complementary Standards: 
2.1 GSO 9" Labeling of prepackaged food stuffs". 
2.2 GSO 21" Hygienic regulations for food plants and their personnel" .  
2.3 GSO 150" Expiration periods of food products" . 
2.4 GSO 168" Conditions of storage facilities for dry and packed food stuffs". 
2.5 GSO 177" Methods of physical and chemical tests of canned vegetables"  . 
2.6 GSO 1 78 Microbiological methods for testing of canned vegetables'" .  
2.7 GSO 382, 383" Maximum limits for pesticide residues in agricultural and 
food products - Parts 1, 2" .  
 2.8 GSO 839" Food packages - Part 1: General requirements".  
2.9 GSO 841" Maximum limits  of fungi toxins permitted in food and animal 
feeds - Aflatoxine".  
2.10 GSO 988" Limits of radioactivity levels permitted in food stuffs - Part 1".  
2.11 GSO 998" Methods for the detection of permissible radionuclide in food - 
Part 1 : Gamma  spectrometry analys is: A, Cs 134, Cs 137".  
2.12 GSO 1016"Microbiological criteria for food stuffs - Part 1".  
2.13 GSO  1287" Methods of sampling of prepackaged fruit and vegetable 
products"  .  
2.14 GSO 1297 "Methods  of test for canned Foul Medames".  
2.15 GSO/CAC 192" General Standard for food additives" .  
2.16 GSO/CAC 193: General Standard for contaminants and toxins in food 
and feed". 
2.17 Gulf Standards which Organization shall be approved concerned with:  
2.17.1 Methods for the determination of fungi to xins in food and animal 
feeds" . 
2.17.2 Methods for the determination of pesticide residues" .  
 
 
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3- Definitions: Gulf Standard                                                                                                             GSO…/2013  
 
Canned cooked dry cowpea : 
A food product produced from canned  prepared dry cowpeas seeds, cooked and 
packaged in metallic cans in saline solution or in suitable packaging medium.  
 
4- Requirements: 
 The following shall be met in the product: 
4.1 The raw materials used in the production shall be complying with the Gulf 
Standards specific to each;  it should not use any genetically modified 
ingrediants without permission from the competent authorities.  
4.2 The production shall be carried out according to the requirements 
mentioned in Gulf Standard stated in Item (2.2).  
4.3 The product shall be free from pig products and its derivatives. 
4.4 The product shall be free from insects in all their life stages and their 
fragments or remains .  
4.5 Used seeds shall be completely rip e, dry and unemaciated , and free from 
foreign material and impurities. 
4.6 The seeds shall be homogeneous in  kind, size a nd color.  
4.7 The seeds shall be kept the distinguishing characteristic color, taste and 
odor. 
4.8 The cooked seeds shall be homogeneous cooking, soft, consistent          
and unlumped. 
4.9 The content of broken, peeled  and emaciated seeds,  and separated sp lit 
shall not exceed 1% from the drained weight of the product  .  
4.10 Edible salt shall not be exceeding than  2%.  
4.11 Sugar content - in the case of adding - shall  not be exceeding than    1%.  
4.12 Fatty matter content - in the case of adding - shall not be exceeding than 
4%. 
4.13 The pressure inside the metallic cans shall be negative.  
4.14 The maximum limits for contaminating metals  and aflatoxins  according 
to Gulf Standard s stated in Item ( 2.9, 2.16 ).  
4.15 The additives to the product shall be allowed acco rding to Gulf Standard 
stated in Item (2.1 5).  
4.16 Pesticide residues in the product shall not exceed the allowable limits 
according to Gulf Standard stated in Item (2.7). 
4.17 Microbiological criteria of the product shall comply with Gulf Standard 
stated in Item (2.1 2).  
 
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4.18The radioactivity contaminant limits for the product  shall comply with 
Gulf Standard stated in Item (2.10). 
 
 
5- Sampling: 
Samples shall be taken according to  Gulf Standard stated in Item (2.1 3).  
 
6- Methods of examination and test: 
6.1 Determination of broken  seeds, measurement of vacuum and net and 
drained weight  shall be carried out according to Gulf Standard stated in Item 
(2.5).  
6.2 Determinati on of edible salt and fatty matter shall  be carried out 
according to Gulf Standard stated in Item (2. 14).  
6.3 Detection of microbiological criteria shall be carried out according to Gulf 
Standard stated in Item (2. 6).  
6.4 Determination of aflatoxins shall be carried out according to Gulf 
Standard stated in Item (2.1 7.1).  
6.5 Determination of pesticides residues shall be carried out according to Gulf 
Standard stated in Item (2.1 7.2).  
6.6 Detection of radioactivity limits shall be carried out according to Gulf 
Standard stated in Item (2.1 1).  
 
7- Packaging, transportation and storage: 
 
7.1 Packaging:  
 7.1.1 Without prejudice to what mentioned in Gulf Standard   stated in Item   
(2.8 ), the product shall be packaged in suitable containers to keep  it and 
prote ct it from any contamination  that might  lead to change  in its properties 
or its fitting for human consumption. 
7.1.2  Minimum s ize of the contents for 90 % ( volume / volume) of water 
capacity of the container.  
7.1.3 The net content of the drained weight shal l be not less than 60% by 
weight. 
 
7.2 Transportation: 
Product transportation shall be carried out by means of sound and clean 
means, do not previously used in transportation of any poisoning or harmful 
materials, and the transportation shall be carried out with a way do not lead 
to spoilage of the product. 
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7.3 Storage:  
Without prejudice to what mentioned in Gulf Standards stated in Items (2. 4), 
the stores shall be good ventilation and far from heat and contamination 
sources. 
 
 
8- Labeling :  
Without prejudice to what mentioned in Gulf Standards stated in Items (2.1, 
2.3), the following shall be declared on the label:  
8.1 The name of the product  ( Canned cooked dry cowpea )  .  
8.2 Name and content of add ed fatty matter.  
8.3 Total soluble solids content.    
8.2 Conditions of keeping, storage and handling 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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