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Cocoa beans -- Specification and quality requirements

ISO 2451:2017 specifies the requirements, classification, sampling, test methods, packaging and marking for cocoa beans.

Recommendations relating to storage and disinfestation are given as a guide in Annexes G and H respectively. Annex I is for informative purposes only and sets out a sampling procedure for preliminary quality analysis which can be adopted by agreement of all interested parties.

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Status : Published

Publication date : 2017-11
Edition : 3

Number of pages : 19
Technical Committee
:
ISO/TC 34/SC 18

Cocoa
ICS :

67.140.30

Cocoa

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ISO 1114:1977
ISO 2291:1980
ISO 2451:2014
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ISO 2451:2017

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