اﻟﻌﺮﺑﻴﺔ  اﻟﺨﻠﻴﺞ  ﻟﺪول اﻟﺘﻌﺎون  ﻣﺠﻠﺲ  ﻟﺪول اﻟﺘﻘﻴﻴﺲ  هﻴﺌﺔ  
GCC STANDARDIZATION ORGANIZATION (GSO) 
 
  
  
   
Final draft  
  
  
  
GSO 05   / FDS CAC 257-R:2008 (E) 
CODEX STAN 257-R : 2007 
      
 
اﻟﻤﻌﻠﺐ  ﺑﺎﻟﻄﺤﻴﻨﺔ  اﻟﺤﻤﺺ   
Canned Humus (chick peas) with Tehena  
     
 
 
  
 
    
 
 
Prepared by :  
GSO Technical committee for sector standards  
of food and agricultural products 
 
    
This document is a draft Gulf standard circulate for comments. It is, 
therefore, subject to alteration and m odification and may not be referred to 
as a Gulf standard until approved by GSO Board of Director. 
 
    
 
 
 
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 اﻷﺟﻬﺰة  ﻋﻀﻮﻳﺘﻬﺎ  ﻓﻲ ﺗﻀﻢ إﻗﻠﻴﻤﻴﺔ  هﻴﺌﺔ اﻟﻌﺮﺑﻴﺔ  اﻟﺨﻠﻴﺞ  ﻟﺪول اﻟﺘﻌﺎون  ﻣﺠﻠﺲ  ﻟﺪول اﻟﺘﻘﻴﻴﺲ  هﻴﺌﺔ
 اﻟﻘﻴﺎﺳﻴﺔ  اﻟﻤﻮاﺻﻔﺎت  إﻋﺪاد اﻟﻬﻴﺌﺔ ﻣﻬﺎم وﻣﻦ اﻟﻌﺮﺑﻴﺔ،  اﻟﺨﻠﻴﺞ  دول ﻓﻲ واﻟﻤﻘﺎﻳﻴﺲ  ﻟﻠﻤﻮاﺻﻔﺎت  اﻟﻮﻃﻨﻴﺔ
ﻣﺘﺨﺼﺼﺔ  ﻓﻨﻴﺔ ﻟﺠﺎن ﺑﻮاﺳﻄﺔ  اﻟﺨﻠﻴﺠﻴﺔ  . 
  
اﻟﺘ ﻣﺠﻠﺲ  ﻟﺪول اﻟﺘﻘﻴﻴﺲ  هﻴﺌﺔ ﻗﺎﻣﺖ وﻗﺪ  اﻟﻔﻨﻴﺔ اﻟﻠﺠﻨﺔ ﻋﻤﻞ ﺑﺮﻧﺎﻣﺞ  ﺿﻤﻦ اﻟﻌﺮﺑﻴﺔ  اﻟﺨﻠﻴﺞ  ﻟﺪول ﻌﺎون
رﻗﻢ5 " واﻟﺰراﻋﻴﺔ  اﻟﻐﺬاﺋﻴﺔ  اﻟﻤﻮاﺻﻔﺎت  ﻟﻘﻄﺎع اﻟﺨﻠﻴﺠﻴﺔ  اﻟﻔﻨﻴﺔ اﻟﻠﺠﻨﺔ " ﺑﺘﺒﻨﻲ  اﻟﻘﻴﺎﺳﻴﺔ  اﻟﻤﻮاﺻﻔﺔ   اﻟﺪوﻟﻴﺔ
)آﻮدآﺲ (رﻗﻢ  CODEX STAN 257-R : 2007 "اﻟﻤﻌﻠﺐ  ﺑﺎﻟﻄﺤﻴﻨﺔ  اﻟﺤﻤﺺ  "  اﻟﻌﺮﺑﻴﺔ  ﺑﺎﻟﻠﻐﺘﻴﻦ
أﺻﺪرﺗﻬﺎ  واﻟﺘﻲ واﻻﻧﺠﻠﻴﺰﻳﺔ  اﻟﻐﺬاﺋﻲ  اﻟﺪﺳﺘﻮر  هﻴﺌﺔ  ﺑﺈﻋﺪاد  اﻟﻤﺘﺤﺪة  اﻟﻌﺮﺑﻴﺔ  اﻹﻣﺎرات  دوﻟﺔ وﻗﺎﻣﺖ
اﻟﻤﻮاﺻﻔﺔ  هﺬﻩ ﻣﺸﺮوع  . 
  
 اﻟﻤﻮاﺻﻔﺔ  هﺬﻩ اﻋﺘﻤﺪت  وﻗﺪ  آـ ) ﻗﻴﺎﺳﻴﺔ  ﻣﻮاﺻﻔﺔ/  ﻓﻨﻴﺔ ﻻﺋﺤﺔ(  ﺧﻠﻴﺠﻴﺔ  ﻓﻨﻴﺔ ﺗﻌﺪﻳﻼت  أﻳﺔ إدﺧﺎل دون
ﻋﻠﻴﻬﺎ  وذﻟﻚ  رﻗﻢ اﻟﻬﻴﺌﺔ إدارة ﻣﺠﻠﺲ  اﺟﺘﻤﺎع  ﻓﻲ (   ) ﺑﺘﺎرﻳﺦ  ﻋﻘﺪ اﻟﺬي ،     /      /   ه ، ـ اﻟﻤﻮاﻓﻖ/      
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Foreword 
  
GCC Standardization Organization (GSO) is a regional Organization which consists of the National Sta ndards 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 progr am of committee TC No.:  5" G u l f  
technical committee for standards of  food and agriculture products". 
Has adopted the international st andard No. CODEX STAN 257-R: 2007 
"CANNED HUMUS WITH TE HENA”. issued by Codex Alimentarius 
Commission Which has been transl ated into Arabic. The Draft 
Standard has been prepared by United Arab Emirates. 
 
This standard has been approved as a Gulf (Standard / Technical 
Regulation) without any technical modifications by GSO Board of 
Directors in its meeting No. (       ), held on    /     /    H,    /   /        G. 
 
   
 
 Gulf Standard                                                               GSO CAC 257-R:2008 
 
Canned Humus (chick peas) with Tehena 1( 
  
      1.       SCOPE  
              This Gulf Standard applies to Canned Humu s with Tehena as defined in Section 3               
below and offered for direct consumption.  
 
2. COMPLEMENTARY  STANDARDS 
 
2.1 GSO No. (9) "Labelleing of  prepackaged foodstuffs".  
2.2 GSO No. (150) "Expiration dates for food products". 2.3 GSO No. (1016) "Microbiological crite ria for food stuffs – Part 1"  
2.4     GSO No. (21) "Hygienic regulati ons for food plants and their personnel". 
2.5 GSO No.  ( 841 ) " Maximum limits of my cotoxins permitted in foods and animal 
foods - Aflatoxins ".           
2.6 GSO No. (839) "Food packages – part 1: General requirements". 
2.7 GSO/CAC (193) "general standard  for toxins and contaminants". 
2.8    Gulf standard concerned with: "Maximum  allowable limits of pesticide residues in 
agricultural and food products ". 
2.9 GSO No. (168) "Requirements of storage f acilities for dry and canned food stuffs".  
2.10   GSO No. (988) "Limits of radioactivity levels permitted in foods stuffs – Part 1". 
 
3.       DESCRIPTION  
 
          PRODUCT DEFINITION  
Canned Humus with Tehena is the product:  
3.1     prepared from pure, dry, washed, boiled and mashed chickpeas   (Cicer arientinum  
L.) with Tehena added with or  without salt and optional ingredients mentioned in 
this standard. 
3.2 packed in a well-sealed container;  3.3 processed by heat in an appropriate manner, before or  after being hermetically 
sealed in a container, so as to prevent spoilage. 
 
 
4.        ESSENTIAL COMPOSITION AND QUALITY FACTORS  
4.1      BASIC INGREDIENTS  
Chickpeas and Tehena.  
 
 
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1) Section on Methods of Analysis would be considered by the Commission after their  endorsement by 
the Committee on Methods of Analysis and Sampling. 
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4.2       OPTIONAL INGREDIENTS  
4.2.1  Salt . 
4.2.2    Lemon juice . 4.2.3    Condiments and spices . 
4.3      QUALITY FACTORS – GENERAL  
The end product shall meet the following general requirements:  
4.3.1  All the ingredients, including food a dditives, shall comply with their own 
standards, and be safe for human consumption.  
4.3.2  The product shall be free from abnormal, fo reign matters and insects and parts of    
them.  
4.3.3    The product shall be free from added filling material, i.e. flour, starch, etc.  
4.3.4    The mixture shall be pasty, hom ogeneous and free from agglomeration.  
4.3.5  The product shall be natural in flavour, colour and odour. 
4.3.6  The product shall not contain any added fa t content except that of Tehena origin. 
 
4.4       QUALITY FACTORS – SPECIFIC  
The following requirements apply to the final product when prepared ready for 
consumption in accordance with the instructions for use:  
4.4.1  The minimum content of Tehena is 8 ٪m/m).  
4.4.2 The maximum content of salt is 2 ٪m/m).  
4.4.3    The minimum content of total solids is 27 ٪m/m). 
4.4.4    The maximum content of total acidity is 1 ٪m/m), as citric acid. 
5.         FOOD ADDITIVES  
Only those food additives listed below ma y be used and only within the limits 
specified.  
5.1      ACIDITY REGULATORS  
 
Maximum Level Food Additive INS No. 
GMP Citric acid  330 
 
  
 
 
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5.2      ANTICAKING AGENTS  
 
Maximum Level Food Additive  INS No. 
GMP Sodium carbonate  500(i) 
 
5.3       STABILIZERS  
 
Maximum Level Food Additive  INS No  
GMP Potassium carbonate 501(i) 
 
 
6.         CONTAMINANTS  
6.1       The product covered by this Standard shall comply with the maximum limits for                  
heavy metals , pesticides residues  and Aflatoxins mentioned in GSO (items 2.7, 
2.8 and 2.5). 
6.2   The limits of radioactivity levels sh all not exceed those mentioned in GSO    
(item2.10). 
 
 7.        HYGIENE  
 
7.1  It is recommended that the pr oducts covered by the provision s of this standard be  
prepared and handled in accordance w ith the appropriate sections of the 
Recommended International Code of Pr actice - General Principles of Food 
Hygiene (CAC/RCP 1-1969), Recommended International Code of Hygienic 
Practice for Low-Acid and Acidified Low-Acid Canned Foods (CAC/RCP 23-
1979) and other relevant Codex texts such  as Codes of Hygienic Practice and 
Codes of Practice.  
7.2  The product should comply with any microbi ological criteria established in     
accordance with the Principles for th e Establishment and Application of 
Microbiological Criteria for Foods (CAC/G L 21) and Microbiological limits shall 
not exceed those mentioned in GSO (item 2.3). 
 
8.        PACKAGING AND STORAGE  
 
8.1  The product shall be packed in containers, which will safeguard the hygienic, 
nutritional and organoleptic qua lity of the end product.  
8.2  The product shall be stored in a well-ven tilated store, protect ed against direct 
heat, moisture and contamination.  
8.3  The used metal container shall be coated with food grade lacquer, suitable for the       
product, with no mechanical defect and ru st free and comply with GSO(item 2.6). 
 
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8.4  The end product container shall have no swelling, the inner pressure shall be less 
than atmospheric pressure at 20oC.  
9.         WEIGHTS AND MEASURES  
            Minimum fill of the container : 
The container shall be well filled with the product and the product shall occupy 
not less than 90٪of the water capacity of the cont ainer. The water capacity of the 
container is the volume of  distilled water at 20oC which the sealed container will 
hold when completely filled.  
10.       LABELLING  
Without prejudice to what has been menti oned in Gulf standard stated in item 
 ( 2.1 ), the following shall be declared on the product :  
10.1   Product name “Humus with Tehena”. 10.2   Name and address of the manufacturer . 10.3   Trademark or brand name. 10.4 List of ingredients in descending order of proportion included the food additives if 
its exist. 
10.5   Net mass (or gross mass).
 
10.6   Producing country. 10.7   Expiration date and production date. 10.8   Batch or code number; 10.9   Instructions of preparation. 
 
11.     METHODS OF ANALYSIS AND SAMPLING  2( 
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2) To be finalized .  
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