IS 12895 : 1990 Alga Spirulina, Food Grade - Specification

1 Scope

1.1 This standard prescribes the requirements and the methods ofsampling and tests for food grade alga Spirulina.

2 References

IS 1070 :1967Specification for water for general laboratoryuse

IS 1656 :1985Specification for milk-cereal based weaning foods

IS 1699 :1974Methods of sampling and test for food Colours

IS 4684 :1975Specification for edible groundnut flour(expeller pressed)

IS 4905 :1968Methods for random sampling

IS 5398 :1969Methods for estimation of thiamine (VitaminB₁) in foodstuffs

IS 5399 :1969Methods for estimation of riboflavin (VitaminB₂) in foodstuffs

IS 5400 :1969Methods for estimation of nicotinic acid(niacin) in foodstuffs

IS 5401 :1969Methods of detection and estimation of coliformbacteria in foodstuffs

IS 5886 :1970Methods of estimation of carotenes and vitamin A(Retinol) in foodstuffs

IS 5887 : Part 1 :1976 Methods for detection of bacteriaresponsiblefor food poisoning :Part 1 Isolation, identification and enumerationof Escherichia Coli

IS 5887 : Part 3 :1976 Methods for detection of bacteriaresponsiblefor food poisoning :Part 3 Isolation and identification ofSalmonella and Shigella

IS 6361 :1971Methods of calorimetric determination ofphosphorus

IS 7219 :1973Method for determination of protein in foods andfeeds

IS 7481 :1974Method for determination of protein efficiencyratio (PER)

IS 7529 :1975Method of estimation of vitamin B₁₂ infoodstuffs

IS 7530 :1975Method for estimation of pyridoxine (VitaminB₆) in foodstuffs

IS 9252 :1979Method for determination of zinc (volumetric)

IS 9497 :1980Method for determination of sodium and potasium(flame photometric)

IS 9808 :1981Specification for fish protein concentrate