BS ISO BRITISHSTANDARD 6497:2002 Animal feeding stuffs Sampling ICS 65.120 BSi NO COPYINGWITHOUTBSIPERMISSIONEXCEPTASPERMITTEDBYCOPYRIGHTLAW British Standards BSISO 6497:2002 National foreword This British Standard reproduces verbatim ISO 6497:2002 and implements it as the UK national standard. The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee AW/10,Animalfeeding stuffs, which has the responsibilityto: aid enquirers to understand the text; present to the responsible international/European committee any enquiries on the interpretation, or proposals for change, and keep the UK interests informed; monitor related international and European developments and promulgate them in the UK. A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its secretary. Cross-references The British Standards which implement international publications referred to in this document may be found in the BSI Catalogue under the section entitled "International Standards Correspondence Index", or by using the"Search" facility of theBSIElectronic Catalogue or of British Standards Online. This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users are responsible for its correct application. Compliance with a British Standard does not of itselfconfer immunity from legal obligations. This British Standard, having Summary of pages been prepared under the This document comprises a front cover, an insidefront cover, the IsO title page, direction of the Consumer Licensed Copy: sheffieldun s pages i to iv, pages 1 to 19 and a back cover. Products and Services Sector Policy and Strategy Committee, The BSI copyright date displayed in this document indicates when the was published under the document was last issued. authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 12 December 2002 Amendments issued since publication Amd. No. Date Comments BSI 12 December 2002 ISBN 0580409414 BS ISO 6497:2002 ISO INTERNATIONAL 6497 STANDARD First edition 2002-11-15 Animal feeding stuffs Sampling Echantillonnage Alimentsdesanimaux- Reference number ISO 6497:2002(E) ISO BS IS0 6497:2002 ii BSIS06497:2002 , Uncontrolled Copy, (c) BSI Contents Page Foreword 1 Scope 2 Terms and definitions 3 General principles. 4 Sampling personnel... 5 Identificationandgeneral inspectionofthelotpriortosampling GMT+00:00 2006, 6 Samplingequipment. 7 Samplecontainers. 8 Procedure.... 8.1 Sampling location 8.2 Classificationofproductsforthepurposeofsampling 8.3 Samplesize. 8.4 Sampling ofgrains, seeds,pulses and pellets 8.5 Sampling of meals and powders .. 8.6 Sampling ofroughages 8.7 Samplingof licksandblocks. 8.8 Sampling of liquids. 8.9 Sampling of semi-liquid (semi-solid) products... 6 Packing,sealingandmarkingofsamplesandsamplecontainers 10 Sampling report. Annex A (informative)Feeding stuffs containing undesirable substances which are likelytobe non- uniformly distributed, including mycotoxins, castor-oil seed husks and poisonous seeds.. Bibliography.. .19 ii BSIS06497:2002 BSI Foreword IsO (the International Organization for Standardization) is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies (isO member bodies). The work of preparing International Standards is normally carried out through IsO technical committees. Each member body interested in a subject for which a technical committee has been established has the right to be represented on that committee. International organizations, governmental and non-governmental, in liaison with ISO, also take part in the work. IsO collaborates closely with the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) on all matters of electrotechnical standardization. International Standards are drafted in accordance with the rules given in the ISO/lEC Directives, Part 3. by the technical committees are circulated to the member bodies for voting. Publication as an International 2 Standard requires approval by at least 75 % of the member bodies casting a vote. Atten