Specifications

Specifications.

Product: DE-HULLED OATS

Ingredient Description
The oats are of a milling variety and will be sound, fresh and free from signs of infestation and rodent contamination. They have been cleaned, graded, dehulled and brushed. The oats comply with all relevant standard regulations.

Appearance
The oats shall be whole grain fairly uniform in size (approximately 6.0 – 9.00mm in length) reasonably free from broken, split or chipped groats, heat damaged grains, diseased grains weathered damaged grains, wild groats, hulls sticks/stems and free from foreign materials (stones, splintered wood, trampmetal glass etc).

Packaging
Delivered in bulk 20ft food grade containers with lined bulkheads. Each container will hold between 24mt and 25mt of product.

Physical Properties

Item - Typical Data	Specifications
Moisture	7 - 9%
Particle Size - Pass through 1.7mm (US #12 mesh screen)	2% Maximum
Pickling Test
Unhulled groats	10 grains max
Hulls	3 pieces max
Slivers	7 pieces max
Barley	7 grains max
Wheat	5 grains max
Stick/stem	1 piece max
Damaged Grains (eg. heat damaged or diseased grains)	3 piece max
Foreign Material	Nil
Discoloured Groats	20 grains max

Chemical Properties

Item - (Spec based on 100 grams unless stated)	Specifications
Protein (N#6.25)	12 - 18.6%
Fat - Saturated - Total	6 - 9% 1 - 3%
Aflatoxins	<5ug/kg
Hexanal	50ppb max
Beta Glucan	3.5% min

Microbiology

Item	Specifications
Total Plate Count	20,000 CFU/g max
Heated Plate Count	500 CFU/g max
Mould	500 CFU/g max
Yeast	500 CFU/g max
Coliform	10 CFU/g max
Escheria coli	Neg
Salmonella	Neg
Bacillus cereus	100 CFU/g