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Bone meal for compounding animal feeds— Specification 
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This Uganda Standard, US EAS 231, Bone meal for compounding animal feeds— Specification, is identical 
with and has been reproduced from an East African Standard, EAS 231:2001,  Bone meal for 
compounding animal feeds— Specification and has been adopted as a Uganda Standard.  
This standard was developed by the Food and Agricu lture Standards Technical Committee (UNBS/TC 2).  
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EAST AFRICAN STANDARD 
 
Bone meal for compounding animal feeds— Specification 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Development of the East African Standards ha s been necessitated by the need for harmonizing 
requirements governing quality of products and services in East Africa. It is envisaged that through 
harmonized standardization, trade barriers which are encountered when goods and services are 
exchanged within the Comm unity will be removed.  
 
In order to achieve this objective, the Partner St ates in the Community through their National Bureaux 
of Standards, have established an East  African Standards Committee.  
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together with the representatives from the private sectors and cons umer organizations. Draft East 
African Standards are circulated to stakeholders th rough the National Standards Bodies in the Partner 
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Bone meal for compounding animal feeds— Specification 
 
 
1 Scope 
 
This East African Standard prescribes the require ments for bone meal used as a mineral supplement 
in animal feeds. 
 
2 Definition 
 
Bone meal shall be the product obtained from under composed bones after removal of adhering 
tissues, defatting, sterilization by st eam under pressure, drying and milling. 
 
3 General requirements 
 
3.1 The particle size shall be such that not less than 90 % by weight of the meal passes through a 
1 700-µm (1.70 mm) sieve. 
 
3.2 Bone meal shall be free from any objectionable odour, toxic ingredients, adulterants, insects 
and pathogenic micro-organisms. 
 
3.3 Bone meal shall also conform to the requirements prescribed in Table 1 below. 
 
Table 1 — Requirements For Bone Meal For Compounding Animal Feeds 
 
 
Parameter  
Requirements (per cent by mass)  
Methods of test: EAS 74-1* 
 
 
Moisture content, max. 
Crude protein, min. 
Crude fat, max. 
Calcium, min. 
Phosphorus, min. 
Total ash, min . 
Acid insoluble ash, max.   
4 
20 
3 
25 
9 
65 
1.0  
Clause 4 
Clause 5 
Clause 9 
Clause 10 
Clause 11 
Clause 7 
Clause 8 
*Method of test for animal feeds 
 
NOTE The values specified for requirement s for calcium are on moisture free basis.  
 
4 Hygiene 
 
Bone meal shall be free from salmonellae, spores of bacillus anthracis, and clostridia when tested 
according to the method prescribed in EAS 74-3, Methods of test for animal feedstuffs — Part 3: 
Bacteriological tests. 
 
5 Packaging and labelling 
 
5.1 Packaging   
 
Bone meal shall be packed in sound containers free from parasites and any causative agents of 
infectious diseases. The containers shall protec t the product from spillage and deterioration during 
normal handling and transportation. 
 
5.2 Labelling  
 
The packages shall be securely closed and marked to display the following information: 
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a) The name 'Steamed bone meal'; 
 
b) Name and address of manufacturer; 
 
c) Net weight in Kg; 
 
d) Calcium and phosphorus content; 
 
e) Batch or code number; 
 
f) “ Best used before” date. 
 
 
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