ا ﻣﺠﻠﺲ  ﻟﺪول اﻟﺘﻘﻴﻴﺲ  اﻟﻌﺮﺑﻴﺔهﻴﺌﺔ  اﻟﺨﻠﻴﺞ  ﻟﺪول ﻟﺘﻌﺎون  
GCC STANDARDIZATION ORGANIZATION (GSO) 
   
  
  
  
 
Final draft        
  
  
  
  GSO 05/FDS 835:2008(E) 
  
 
 
واﻟﻤﺠﻤﺪة  اﻟﻤﺒﺮدة  واﻟﺠﺎﻣﻮس  واﻟﺠﻤﺎل  واﻟﺒﻘﺮ  واﻟﻤﺎﻋﺰ  اﻟﻀﺄن  وأﺣﺸﺎء  أﻋﻀﺎء   
Organs and Viscera of Mutton, Goat, Cattle, Camel, and 
Buffalo (chilled and frozen) 
     
إﻋﺪاد 
واﻟﺰراﻋﻴﺔ  اﻟﻐﺬاﺋﻴﺔ  اﻟﻤﻮاﺻﻔﺎت  ﻟﻘﻄﺎع اﻟﺨﻠﻴﺠﻴﺔ  اﻟﻔﻨﻴﺔ اﻟﻠﺠﻨﺔ  
ﺑﺸﺄﻧﻬﺎ  واﻟﻤﻠﺤﻮﻇﺎت  اﻟﺮأي ﻹﺑﺪاء ﺗﻮزﻳﻌﻬﺎ  ﺗﻢ ﺧﻠﻴﺠﻴﺔ  ﻗﻴﺎﺳﻴﺔ  ﻟﻤﻮاﺻﻔﺔ  ﻣﺸﺮوع  اﻟﻮﺛﻴﻘﺔ  هﺬﻩ  ﻟﺬﻟﻚ ،
ﻟﻠﺘﻐ ﻋﺮﺿﺔ  واﻟﺘﺒﺪﻳﻞ،ﻓﺈﻧﻬﺎ  ﻴﻴﺮ  ﻣﻦ اﻋﺘﻤﺎدهﺎ  ﺑﻌﺪ إﻻ ﺧﻠﻴﺠﻴﺔ  ﻗﻴﺎﺳﻴﺔ  آﻤﻮاﺻﻔﺔ  إﻟﻴﻬﺎ اﻟﺮﺟﻮع  ﻳﺠﻮز وﻻ 
اﻟﻬﻴﺌﺔ إدارة ﻣﺠﻠﺲ .  
Foreword  
GCC Standardization Organization (G SO) is a regional Organization 
which consists of the National Standa rds 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 updated the GSO standard No. 835   "Organs and Viscera of Mutton, 
Goat, Cattle, Camel, and Buffalo  chilled and frozen". 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. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 GSO STANDARD                                                                           GSO  835 /2008 
 
ORGANS AND VISCERA OF MUTTO N, GOAT, CATTLE, CAMEL AND 
BUFFALO (CHILLED AND FROZEN) 
 
1. SCOPE AND FIELD OF APPLICATION 
 
This GSO standard is concerned with chille d, frozen organs and viscera of mutton, goat, 
cattle, camel and buffalo fit for human c onsumption, and does not include organs and 
viscera of poultry. 
 
2. COMPLEMENTARY REFERENCES 
 
2.1 GSO (9): "Labelling of  Prepackaged Foods". 
2.2 GSO (592): "Methods of Sampling for Meat and Meat Products". 
2.3 GSO (20 ) :"Methods for the Determination of Contaminating Metallic Elements in 
Foodstuffs". 
2.4 GSO (21):"Hygienic Re gulations for Food Plants and Their Personnel". 
2.5 GSO (150 ): " Expiration Periods for Food Products " 
2.6 GSO (382  ) :" Maximum Limits for Pesticide Residues in Agricultural and Food 
Products ". 
2.7 (815):"General Requirements for Transportation and Storage of Chilled and Frozen                       
Foods". 
2.8 GSO (993):"Animal Slaughtering Requirements According to Islamic Law". 2.9 GSO (1016) :"Microbiological Li mits for Foodstuffs - Part 1". 
2.10 GSO (988): "Limits of Radiation Levels Permitted in Foodstuffs". 
2.11 GSO CAC (231) :"Methods of Detection of Limits of Radiation Levels in 
Foodstuffs". 
2.12 GSO ( 1814  ):  "General stan dard for Irradiated foods ". 
2.13 GSO CAC MRL ( 2  ):" Limits of veterinary drugs in food" 
2.14 GSO (323  ): "Code of Hygienic Practi ce for Preparation, Transportation, Handling 
and Storing of Fresh Meat". 
2.15 GSO /ISO (6658  ): "Sensory analys is – Methodology – General guidelines". 
 
3. DEFINITIONS 
Organs and viscera fit for human consumption: 
Organs and viscera of animals fit for human consumption sla ughtered according to Islamic 
rituals. They include liver, kidney, heart, omasum, rumen, reticulum, abomasums, brain, 
tongue, feet (trotter), tests, spleen, thymus gland, head, tail, trip, envelopes( intestine , 
bludder, esophagus). 
 
4. REQUIREMENTS 
 
      The following requirements shall be met in product : 4.1 Organs and viscera preparation must be free from cysts and congestion and must have 
       its natural shape and free from any sy mptoms and passed hygienic inspection and       
       shall met the following: 
 
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4.1.1     Liver : 
Gall bladder to be removed, and may keep so me lymphatic attached to the contract 
 must also be removed from any adhesion or reassignment in the case of parasitic    existence. 4.1.2     kidneys : 
To be free from pathogenic symptoms and cool before packing after washed                                       
with water or well-packaged and frozen.  4.1.3    Heart : To be free from blood clots by cutting in  the large veins and the aorta artery, 
including distance of approximate ly 2 cm in contact with hear t, emptied of     blood 
and blood clots.Wash and cool and could stamp in the case of cows.  
4.1.4   parts of trip : include trip, rennet
, abomasums, rumen, reticulum, and 
omasum:  
To be discharged from the content that fills these parts and wash after unloading 
well as being the removal of contaminated fatty parts, and are being tested after 
washing to make sure that they are free from pathogenic symptoms. and waste 
before  packaging and cooling. Scald is allowed for trip and abomasums  using 
warm water or  human permitted chemicals, taking into account that there has been 
no rupture in the tissue.  4.1.5 brain : 
The brain wash shall be before cooling a nd this directly after being out from the 
head with avoid contamination of the brai n and reached of the water to brain during 
skin/covering head washing.
  
4.1.6   Tongue : 
 Wash well and examined to make sure free from pathogenic pests and parasites     
            bags, and could stamp in the case of cows.  4.1.7    Feet (Tro tter) and tail: 
 Shall be amendment to carcasses fit to  human consumption or carcasses approved.
 
4.1.8    tests : 
            Be washed and cl ean, cool and sealed after the inspection. 
4.1.9    spleen  
 Shall be free from pathogenic pests, wash with water and cool before packaging or 
 well casing and freeze.  
4.1.10 Thymus gland  
 They shall be free from pathogenic pest s and wash to remove blood clots then 
 package and cool or freeze.  
 
 
 
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4.1.11 Head   Shall be clean from  outer skin  and hair and clean appearance.  
4.1.12 envelopes (intestine, bladder, oesophagus):  
 Shall be free from pathogenic pests ,cl ean after evacuate the contents and wash 
 well, and in the preparation of sausag es must take into account the way in 
 conservation temperature required (item 8) and must be accompanied with label 
 when deliver to the other hand, to prepare for sausages. 
4.2     Organs and viscera shall  al so be met the following requirements:  
4.2.1  Must be carried out according to the hygienic requiremen ts stated in the standards               
item no. (2.4 , 2.14 and 2.7 ) .  
4,2.2   The source of organs and viscera shal l be from sound animals properly licensed and 
 slaughter in accordance with the provisi ons to Islamic ritual s as  standard item 
 no.(2.8).  4.3      Organs and viscera must be chilled im mediately after slaughtering at -1 to zero °C. 
In the case of frozen organs and viscera,  the freezing shall be carried out fast at 
temperature not more than -35 °C so that  the temperature at the thermal center 
reaches -18 °C in the shortest time possible. 
4.4      Pesticide residue cont ent shall not be more than the limits permitted according to the 
 GSO standards item no. (2.6). 
4.5    The radiation levels shall not be more than the limits permitted in foodstuffs      
according to the GSO standard item no. (2.10). 
4.6     The microbiological criteria shall be in accordance with the GSO standard item no.      
(2.9). 
4.7     Heavy metal contaminants shall not exceed: 
 Mercury     0.05   PPm. 
 Arsenic       0.5    PPm. 
 Lead            1      PPm. 
 Copper       30    PPm. 
4.8  It shall be completely free from hormones a nd antibiotics and veterinary drugs shall     
not   be more than the limits permitted in foodstuffs according to the standard item no. 
(2.13). 
4.9  The following shall be observed in the case of imported organs and viscera: 
4.9.1 It is forbidden to import organs and viscera from any country where there are 
 epidemic diseases as defined in the quarantine measures of the GCC Countries  except after obtaining an admission from the concerned authorities. 
 
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4.9.2   The imported lot shall be accompanied  with two certificates approved and  
 ratified by the GSO consulate or any de legated body indicating that slaughtering 
 has been carried out according to the Is lamic rules mentioned in GSO standard 
 item no.(2.8), the organs and viscera ha s been found sound, free from infectious 
 diseases and fit for human consumption. 
4.9.3    In the case of chilled organs and viscera,  the period from the date of slaughtering to 
 the arrival to GCC Countries shall not exceed 2 days. 
 
5. SAMPLING 
 Samples shall be taken according to the tables no 1 and 2 stated in GSO standard 
item no. (2.2). 
 
6. METHODS OF TESTING 
 The following tests shall be carried out on the representative sample taken 
 according to item (5) to determine its compliance with this standard. 
6.1       The contaminating metallic elemen ts according to the GSO standard item no (2.3), 
6.2        Limits for Pesticide Residues and Limits of veterinary drugs shall be 
 determined  according to the methods me ntioned in GSO standard item no. (2.6). 
6.3       The physical and external analysis must be determined according to the GSO         
      standard   mentioned in (2.15).  
6.4       The microbiological test must be car ried out according to the GSO standards .    
6.5       Detection of radiation levels shall be carried out according to the GSO standard   
      item no. (2.11). 
 
7. PACKAGING AND TRANSPORTATION   
 
       The following shall be considered during packaging: 7.1 The product shall be handle, Transport, an d storage. The containers and packaging 
materials used in packing shall be clean, hygienic and made from suitable materials 
which would not affect the product quality  and would not cause  its contamination 
during storage, transportation and handling ac cording to  the GSO standard item no. 
(2.7).  
7.2 The organs and viscera shall be carried in boxes and the units for every box must                    have the same shape, size, weight and type. 
 
8. STORING 
 Without prejudice to the provisions of the GSO standard mentioned in (2.14), it 
must include the following. 
8.1    Shelf life of chilled organs and viscer a shall not exceed 7 days except brain, omasa 
and testes must be 5 days from the date  of slaughtering at temperature from 0°C 
to 5°C . 
 
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8.2   The temperature of chilled organs and vis cera when storage for 51 days shall not     
exceed -0.5 ± 1°C during storage from th e date of slaughtering when packed 
under CO2 gas . 
8.3     Shelf life for product when packed under CO2 gas shall not exceed 90 days at           
The temperature shall not exceed -0.5 ± 1°C and take the quick frozen procedure 
according  to the GSO standard item no. (2.7 and 2.5).  
8.4    The temperature at the thermal center for frozen organs and viscera shall not exceed 
(-18 °C) during storage. 
8.5    Shelf life of frozen organs and viscer a shall not exceed 6 months, except brain , and 
testes must be 4 months, and for liver 9 months from the date of slaughtering. 
8.6   In case of frozen organs and viscer a the period elapsing from freezing up to the 
arrival to entry port in the GCC countries  shall not exceed the half of expiration 
date . 
9. LABELLING 
 
 Without prejudice to the provisions of the GSO standards item no. (2.1) 
 labelling shall include the following: 
 
9.1  Brand of organs and viscera. 9.2 Source of organs and viscera. 9.3  Temperature of tran sportation and storing. 
9.4    Expiration periods for product as me ntioned in item no. (8) and the slaughtering 
date or the preparation date of the product. 
9.5 Batch, code or test certificate number,  or similar means of identification; 
9.6       Country of origin; 9.7      In case of treated with ionizing ra diation shall carry a wr itten statement indicating 
that treatment and using the internati onal food irradiation symbol in close 
proximity to the name of the product accord ing to  the GSO standard item no. (2.1).
  
  
  
 
    
 
  
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