Whie rice inspection & Testing

Detailed introduction to Whie rice inspection & Testing:

Rice Inspection

- Laboratory Services

- Supervision during loading Cleanliness 

- Inspections Commercial Inspection

- Marine Survey Hold or Hatch Survey

- Fumigation Services

Please kindly review the explanations:

LABORATORY:

Our laboratory facilities for rice testing include state of the art scientific equipment for both physical and chemical analysis. Our testing methods include:

Grain measuring (physical analysis).

Alkali testing.

Cooking test for Hommali Rice

Chemical testing for amylase content using a Spectrophotometer.

Tincture testing to determine the glutinous rice mixing in Parboiled Rice.

Crop chemical testing to determine the crop’s age.

Our lab technicians have expert knowledge and experience which ensures accuracy and precision in our analysis.

SUPERVISION:

Supervision of the packing and marking of bags.

Weight verification on a minimum of 10% of the total amount shipped.

Quality verification on a minimum of 2% randomly selected.

Supervision at warehouse and during loading.

Daily reconciliation reports.

Immediate notification of discrepancies with corrective action taken prior to notification.

CLEANLINEESS  INSPECTION:

Clean.

Free from dirt, odors, cargo residues, foreign matter or infestations.

Watertight and safe for consignment.

The assurance that your consignment will be transported in a clean and safe manner.

Minimal risk of loss or damage to your consignment during shipping and storage.

Anticipation and avoidance of potential problems.

Inspection Services:

All agricultural commodities including:

Rice, Sugar, Coffee Beans, Pulse, Maize, Sesame, Tapioca Flour

Ensure the grain is not water damaged, contaminated or heated

Observation of loss due to demurrage or dead-freight.

Replacement of all packaging damaged during loading.

Checking seal quality of all repackaging damaged before reloading.

Ensure all holds are clean, dry, odorless and fit for loading.

Ensure the commodities are fully loading on board.

HOLD OR HATCH SURVEY:

We inspect that all transportation standards are of the highest quality.

Including:

Type of floor, wood/steel.

Condition of sides/bulkheads.

Amount/type of damage

Any damp or wet areas.

Overall cleanliness.

Nationality of vessel.

Condition of all ventilators.

Will D/tanks be used for cargo or ballast?

Cargo plan.

Hold capacities.

Type of hatch or cover sealing.

Air/gas holes or potential leakage.

Condition of floor.

Pct of cargo battens

Previous cargo.

Infestation.

Year built.

Type of ventilation.

Dunnage supplied.

Remarks.

Type of hatch cover.

Condition of sealing.

Position of holes.

Water tightness survey of vessel’s hatch.

To ensure the goods you are purchasing are transported from the field to their final location at the highest quality.

DEFINITIONS OF STANDARDS OF RICE

Rice Standards means the minimum specifications for rice of each type and grade for domestic, trade and international trade.

Rice means non-glutinous and glutinous (Oriya sativa L.) in whatever form.

Paddy means rice that is not already dehusked.

Cargo rice (Loonzain rice, Brown rice, Husked rice) means rice that is dehusked only.

White rice means rice that is obtained by removing bran from Cargo non-glutinous rice.

White glutinous rice means rice that is obtained by removing bran from cargo glutinous rice.

Parboiled rice means non-glutinous rice that has passed through the parboiling process and had it’s bran removed.

Rice classification means rice kernels of various lengths as specified which are a mixture of rice kernels in each class in accordance with the specified proportion.

Classes of rice kernels means classes of rice kernels which are classified in accordance with the length of the whole kernel.

Parts of rice kernels mean each part of the whole kernel that is divided lengthwise into 10 equal parts.

Whole kernels mean rice kernels that are in whole condition without any broken parts, including kernels that have the length as from 9 parts onward.

Head rice means broken rice kernels whose lengths are more than those of brokens but have not reached the length of whole kernels. This includes split kernels that retain the area as from 80% of the whole kernel.

Brokens mean broken kernels that have the length as from 2.5 parts but have not reached the length of head rice. This includes split kernels that retain the area less than 80% of the whole kernel.

Small brokens C1 Mean small broken kernels that pass through round hole metal sieve No.7.

Undermilled kernels mean milled rice kernels that have the milling degree below that specified for each grade of rice.

Red kernels mean rice kernels that have red bran covering the kernels, wholly or partly.

Yellow kernels mean rice kernels that have some parts of kernels turned yellow. This includes parboiled rice kernels that are light brown, partly or wholly.

Black kernels mean parboiled rice kernels that are black for the whole kernel, including kernels that are dark brown.

Partly black kernels mean parboiled rice kernels that have a black or dark brown on the kernel as from 2.5 parts onwards but not reaching the whole kernel.

Peck kernels mean parboiled rice kernels that have black or dark brown areas not reaching 2.5 parts.

Chalky kernels mean non-glutinous rice kernels that have an opaque area like chalk covering the kernels as from 50% onwards.

Damaged kernels mean kernels that that are obviously damaged as can be seen by the naked eye due to moisture, heat fungi, insects or other.

Undeveloped kernels mean kernels that do not develop normally as should be, and are flat without starch.

Immature kernels mean rice kernels that are light green, obtained from immature paddy.

Other seeds mean seeds of other matter than rice.

Foreign matter means other matter than rice. This includes rice husk and bran detached from rice kernels.

Milling degree means the degree to which the rice is milled.

Sieve means round hole metal sieve No. 7, that is 0.79 mm. (0.069 inch).

The unit ‘per cent’ means percentage by weight except for weight of grain classification which is percentage by quantity.

We inspect rice products and general cargo for many countries worldwide.

Locally we also work with The Public Warehouse Organization (a Government subsidized project) under The Ministry of Commerce to ensure the rice purchased by various warehouses meets specified quality standards.