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COMMODITY SPECIFICATION
SOY FORTIFIED BULGUR
The bulgur will be milled from wheat of any of the classes
defined in the "Official Grain Standards of the United States Standards for
Grain" except mixtures of wheat of contrasting classes. The wheat shall
not contain more than 4.0 percent of damaged kernels.
Wheat shall be tested for vomitoxin in accordance with procedures approved by
Federal Grain Inspection Service (FGIS) and wheat testing higher than 2 p.p.m.
shall not be used in production of the commodity. The final product shall not
contain more than 1 p.p.m. of vomitoxin.
Chemical and Physical Requirements
| Item | Requirement 1/ | |
| Minimum | Maximum | |
| Moisture, % | --- | 11.5 |
| Protein (Nx6.25), % 2/ | 17.3 | --- |
| Crude Fat, % 2/ | --- | 2.6 |
| Crude Fiber, % | --- | 2.6 |
| Ash, % 2/ | --- | 3/ |
| Total Bacteria Count per gram | 50,000 | |
| Foreign Material: Other grains except wheat and soy grits, % | --- | 0.10 |
| Materials other than cereal grains or soy grits, % 4/ | --- | 0.10 |
| Scorched particles (whole kernels and/or pieces of kernels of wheat or soy), % | --- | 0.20 |
| Ungelatinized wheat particles (whole kernels and/or pieces of kernels), % | --- | 0.90 |
1/ All percentages are on the basis of weight.
2/ These limiting factors are on a moisture-free basis.
3/ Soy fortified bulgur, prior to calcium enrichment, may not have an ash
content exceeding 2.80% on a
moisture-free basis.
4/ Including grain hulls either attached or detached. However, any hulls
attached to product should be
detached before inclusion in the hull fraction.
The bulgur shall be blended thoroughly and homogeneously mixed with calcium and
other listed enrichment ingredients (½ oz./cwt feed rate) in the following
proportions:
| Enrichment Ingredients | Minimum | Maximum |
| Thiamine, mg/lb. | 2.0 | 3.0 |
| Riboflavin, mg/lb. | 1.2 | 1.8 |
| Niacin or niacinamide, mg/lb. | 16.0 | 24.0 |
| Vitamin A-Palmitate, IU/lb. 1/ | 8,800 | |
| Calcium (in harmless and assimilable form), mg/lb. | 500 | 750 |
| Iron (reduced iron, 325 mesh, to be used as the iron source), mg/lb. 2/ | 13.0 | 26.0 |
1/ Vitamin A-Palmitate (stabilized) must be added in encapsulated form
containing 250,000 IU
Vitamin A-Palmitate/g.
2/ Ferrous sulfate is not to be used as the iron source in any processed cereal
products purchased for
export assistance programs.
Packaging
50-kilogram woven polypropylene bags