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GCC STANDARDIZATION ORGANIZATION (GSO) 
 
   
  
 
    
 
Final Draft 
 
GSO 05/FDS/…../2010 (E)  
 
   
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Flavored artificial drink  
  
              
  
    
ICS : 67.160.20  
  
  
  
        
    
FRUIT DRINK  
  
  
                  
Date of GSO Board of Directors' Approval  :  
Issuing Status : 
  
          
  
    
  
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١  Foreword 
 
GCC Standardization Organizati on (GSO) is a regional Organiza tion which consists of the 
National Standards Bodies of G CC member States. One of GSO main functions is to issue 
Gulf Standards /Technical regulations thr ough specialized technical committees (TCs). 
GSO through the technical program of commi ttee TC No (5) "Technical committee for 
standards of food and agriculture pr oducts" has updated the GSO Standard No. :                
GSO …./…. "FLAVORED ARTIFICIAL DRINKS" The Draft Standard has been prepared 
by Sultanate Of Oman . 
This standard has been approved as a Gulf Te chnical regulation by GSO Board of Directors in 
its meeting No. (), held on ……. ,  
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٢  FLAVORED ARTIFICIAL DRINKS 
 
1- SCOPE AND FIELD OF APPLICATION  
 This standard is concerned with Fla vored artificial drinks which non carbonated  
2- COMPLEMENTARY REFERENCES  
2.1              GSO 1 “Labelling of Prepackaged Foods”. 
2.2 GSO 150 “Expiration Periods of Food Products - Part 1”. 
2.3 GSO 21   “Hygienic Regulations for Food Plants and Their Personnel”. 
2.4        GSO 22    " methods of te st for colouring matter used in Foodstuff".  
 
2.5 GSO 20   “Methods for the Determination of  Contaminating Metallic Elements in    
                                    Foodstuffs”. 2.6 GSO 149  “Un bottled Drinking Water”. 
2.7 GSO 242  “Fruit and Vegetable Produc ts - Determination of Ethanol”. 
2.8              GSO 707  " Fl avorings Permitted For Use in Foodstuffs" 
 
2.9        GSO 840  " Determination of  sweeteners permitted for use in food products -Part1 
  
2.10 GSO 244 “Methods of Test for Vegetables , Fruits and Their Pr oducts - Part 1:  
Organoleptic Examination, Determinati on of Net Weight and Drained Weight, 
Determination of Apparent Viscos ity, Determination of Head-Space, 
Determination of Extraneous Ma tter and Defective Fruits”. 
2.11            Codex Standard No.192 wh ich adopted by Gulf Committee for Food Additives. 
2.12            GSO 1016   "  Microbiological Criteri a for Foodstuffs-Part1. 
 
3- DEFINITIONS  
 Artificial Drink with Fruit Flavor : Drink prepared from the water and sugar 
and add one or more of arti ficial flavorings or similar to natural and additives 
mentioned in the items 5/2/4, 5/2/5 to give the drink is similar to the natural juice  
4- REQUIREMENTS  
4.1 The following requirements shall be me t in artificial drink with fruit flavor: 
4.1.1 Be free of impurities and separation.  4.1.2 All raw materials used shall comply  with the relevant Gulf standards.  
4.1.3 The product shall be prep ared according to hygienic conditions stated in the Gulf 
standard mentioned in 2.3. 
4.2 The water used in the dilution of the concentrated juice shall be potable and 
complying with the Gulf standard mentioned in 2.6  
4.3 It shall have the characteristic colour and flavour of the product. 
4.4        Optional materials
 
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٣4.4.1        Natural sugars: Sugar-cor n syrup-dextrose, honey invert sugars-etc.  
 
4.4.2       Artificial sweeteners: Artificial sweeteners permitted for use shall comply with the   
                  GSO standard mentioned in 2.11  
4.4.3 
     May be used for fruit juice or fruit juice center as a flavoring agent by less than   
                 10%  
4.4.4     Vitamins & Minerals: May be used for vitamins and minerals that are soluble in 
aqueous or add less than 15% of the daily requirement of the individual, 
according to WHO recommendations.  
4.5             Food Additives:                   Only allows the use of f ood additives in codex standard mentioned in item No. (2 / 
11) with the rates mentioned in table No . 2 in the category of food and additives 
mentioned in table No. 3 according to the good manufacturing products. 
4.6 The contaminating mineral elemen ts shall not exceed the following: 
                   Arsenic         0.1 ppm 
                   Lead              0.3 ppm
 
 
4.7 Microbiological criteria in the product sha ll not exceed what is stated in the Gulf 
standard mentioned in 2.12 
5- SAMPLING  
 Samples shall be taken according to the Gulf standard mentioned in 2.5 
6- METHODS OF TEST  
6.1       Tests shall be carried out according to the following GSO standards  may use     
                   international standa rds or methods of the corresponding incoming reference    
                   formal: 6.1.1           Impurities: 
                   Detection of impurit ies shall be carried out acco rding to the GSO standard 
                   mentioned in 2.10
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6.1.2           Determination of ethanol: 
 Determination of ethanol shall be carried  out according to the method specified in 
the Gulf standard mentioned in 2.7 
6.1.3 Artificial sweeteners: 
        Detection of artificial sweete ners shall be carried out according to the GSO 
                   standard mentioned in 2.9.  
 
6.1.4       Coloring matter  
       Detection of coloring matter shall be carried out according to the GSO standard 
                  mentioned in 2.4 
 
6.1.5         Contaminating mineral elements : 
                     Contaminating mineral elements shall be determined according to the GSO 
                  standard mentioned in 2.5.  
 
 
 
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7-            Tests 
               All required tests sha ll be carried out on the representative sample, taken 
                according to item 6, to de termine its compliance with all the items of this standard.  
 
8- LABELLING  
 Without prejudice to what is stated in th e Gulf standards mentioned in 2.1 and 2.2, 
the following information shall be declared on the labeling : 
8.1        The term " Flavoured Artifi cial Drink ".  
 
8.2        Type of drink, sweetened or  not sweetened or with artificial sweeteners.  
 
8.3        Amount and type of vitamins a nd minerals in case of enriching the powder with 
                   them.  
 
8.4       Nutritional data (the amount of  energy, the number of grams of protein, fat, 
carbohydrates, sugar, vitamins and minerals a dded) / 100 ml or the package size if 
was less than that 
 
 
9- PACKAGING, TRANSPORTATION AND STORAGE  
  
9.1 Packaging 
9.1.1        The product shall be packaged in clean, hygienic, suitable , hermetically sealed 
and                    moisture proof containers.
 
 
9.1.2 Packaging should be are free from any pi ctures or an image specify the type of 
fruit  
9.2 Transportation  Transportation shall be carried out in su ch a way as to protect the product from 
mechanical damage and contamination. 
9.3 Storage  The product shall be stored in well-ventil ated stores far away from sources of 
heat, moisture and contamination