IS 7463 : 2004 Wheat Flour for Use in Bakery Industry - Specification

(Superseding IS 7464: 1988 and IS 9194 :1979)

Reaffirmed 2018

1 Scope

This standard prescribes the requirements and methods of testand sampling of wheat flour (maida) for use in the bakery industry,namely, bread, biscuit and cake industry.

2 References

IS 1009 : 1979 Wheat flour (Maida) for general purposes

IS 1234 : 1980 Specification for ink, stencil, oil base, for marking porous surfaces

IS 2566 : 1993 Specification for B-twill jute bags for packing foodgrains

IS 4333 : Part 5 : 1970 Methods of analysis for foodgrains: Part 5 Determination of uric acid

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

IS 5401 : Part 1 : 2002 Microbiology - General guidance for enumeration of coliforms: Part 1 Colony count technique

IS 5402 : 2002 General guidance for enumeration of micro-organisms - Colony count technique at 30 �C

IS 5403 : 1999 Method for yeast and mould count of food stuffs and animal feeds

IS 5887 : Part 1 : 1976 Methods for detection of bacteria responsible for food poisoning: Part 1 Isolation, identification and enumeration of Escherichia coli

IS 7219 : 1973 Method for determination of protein in foods and feeds

IS 10171 : 1987 Guide on suitability of plastics for food packaging

IS 12516 : Part 1 : 1999 Determination of physical characteristics of doughs made from wheat flour: Part 1 Water absorption and theological properties using a farinograph

IS 12516 : Part 3 : 1988 Determination of physical characteristics of doughs made from wheat flour: Part 3 Water absorption and theological properties using a valorigraph

IS 13864 : 1993 Wheat - Determination of sedimentation index - Zeleny test

IS 14818 : 2000 Cereals and pulses and milled products - Sampling of static batches