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Maize gluten feed — Specification 
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This Uganda Standard, US EAS 232, Maize gluten feed — Specification, is identical with and has been 
reproduced from an Ea st African Standard, EAS 232:2001,  Maize gluten feed — Specification and has been
adopted as a Uganda Standard.  
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Wherever the words, "East African Standard" appea r, they should be replaced by "Uganda Standard." 
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EAST AFRICAN STANDARD 
 
Maize gluten feed — Specification 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY  
 
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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 
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Maize gluten feed — Specification 
 
 
1 Scope 
 
This East African Standard prescribes the requirements for maize gluten feed used for livestock 
feeding. 
 
2 Grades 
 
Maize gluten feed shall be of two grades; namely, Grade 1 and Grade 2. 
 
Grade 1 is commonly known as maize gluten meal. 
 
Grade 2 is commonly known as maize gluten feed. 
 
3 Requirements 
 
3.1 General  — Maize gluten feed shall be in the form of a meal. The material shall be free from 
rancidity and from fermented, musty or other objectionable odour. 
 
The material shall also be free from any extraneous matter, adulterants, harmful constituents, insects 
or fungus infestation. 
 
3.2 Alflatoxin contamination shall not exceed 10 ppb. 
 
3.3 The material shall also conform to the requirements prescribed in Table 1. 
 
Table 1 — Requirements for maize gluten feed 
 
Requirements Method of test Characteristics 
Grade 1 Grade 2  
1 Moisture, per cent by mass, max.  12 12 EAS 74-1* 
2 Crude fat, per cent by mass, min. 4 3 EAS 74-1* 
3 Crude protein (N x 6.25), per cent by mass, 
min.  
45  
23  
EAS 74-1* 
4 Crude fibre, per cent by mass, max.  3 8 EAS 74-1* 
5 Acid insoluble ash, per cent by mass, max.  0.5 0.5 EAS 74-1* 
*Method of test for animal feedstuffs. 
 
NOTE Requirements for characteristic (2) to (4) are on moisture free basis  
 
4 Packing and labelling 
 
4.1 Packing  
 
The material shall be packed in clean, sound bags, capable of protecting the product from spilling and damage during transfer. 
 
4.2 Labelling 
 
Each bag shall be marked according to EAS 38, Labelling of prepackaged foods.  The label shall 
include the following information, legibly and indelibly marked on the outside: 
 
a) name and grade of the material; 
 
b) name of manufacturer; 
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c) batch or code number; 
 
d) net mass in kg; 
 
e) date of manufacture and expiry date and 
 
f) the statement 'Store in a Cool Dry Place'. 
 
5 Tests 
 
5.1 Tests shall be carried out as described in the relevant clauses of EAS 74-1, Method of test for 
animal feedstuffs.  
 
5.2 Tests for crude protein and crude fat shall be conducted individually on each of the samples 
constituting a set of test samples while the tests for the remaining characteristics specified in Table 1 
shall be conducted on the composite sample. 
 
 
 
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