ORDER DETAILS |
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CONTAINER/ TRUCK /VEHICLE CHECKS |
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| Delivery Vehicle Registration number: | |||
| Truck / Vehicle: | |||
| Fully Enclosed and weather-proof: | |||
| Container Seal Unbroken: | |||
| Other non-food products | |||
| Pallet in clean and in good condition | |||
| Signs of Infestation and pests | |||
| Free form foreign objects | |||
| Free from odours | |||
| Docummentation received |
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INITIAL QUALITY INSPECTION BEFORE OFF-LOAD |
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| Specification | COA | Intake Evaluation | Comment | |
| Visible Insect Infestation | Non live insects; minimal webbing | |||
| Mould/ Rot | ≤0.5% by volume | |||
| Foreign Matter (leaves, sticks, stones) | ≤0.5% by volume | |||
| Moisture (shell feel) | Dry to touch | |||
| Texture | ||||
| Physical Contamination | Non-Visible | |||
| Infestation | ||||
| Foreign matter | ||||
| Intake inspector/ QC Name & Signature | ||||
| Delivery Vehicle Driver Name & Signature | ||||
Use an appropriate sampling tool (e.g. trier or probe) to collect representative sample (minimum 6 kg per
load).
Composite sample for further testing.
| Specification | COA | Intake Inspection | Comment | |
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| Free Fatty Acids | <0.5% | |||
| Peroxide Value | <3 meq/kg OIL | |||
| Moisture Content | ≤15% (>13.5% → Reject or Dry Immediately) |
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| Nut Count & Kernel Recovery (Cracking & sieving)(Premium Kernel Delivered) | Min 25% Kernel Recovery (Alert <20%) |
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| Immature Nuts (Manual crack-out) | ≤5% (>10% → Reject or Downgrade) |
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| Mould (internal)/Old (Crack-out & visual exam) | ≤1% kernels with internal mould (>2% → Reject or hold) |
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| Early Stinkbug (Small pale spot or brown lesion on the kernel surface; Surface texture might be slightly roughened or wrinkled) | ≤2% by weight or ≤3 kernels | |||
| Late Stinkbug (Large black or dark brown patches on the kernel; Visible feeding scars or discoloured streaks can appear across the kernel) | 0% — Not permitted | |||
| Germination (Radicle emergence; split kernel [open at the hilum or base]; discolouration [dull white/ translucent]; texture change [rubbery, soft, chalky]; Smell [Musky, fermentation-like, grassy].) | 0 germinated kernels | |||
| Nut Borer – On Shell (Small entry hole; frass deposits [fine powdery material close to entry points]; presence of larvae [emerging from shell or inside]) | ≤2% damaged (>5% → Reject/hold) |
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| Nut Borer – On Kernel (Discolouration [Brown, black, or mouldy patches] ; tunnels [Chewed cavities or boreholes]; frass [Brown, gritty insect excrement]; larvae [White to light pink caterpillar]; deformed kernels) | ≤2% damaged (>5% → Reject/hold) |
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| Aflatoxin (refer to COA)(B1, B2, G1, G2) | <10 ppb total aflatoxins (>10 ppb → Reject or quarantine) |
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| Pest / Insect Damage (Visual) | ≤2% damaged (>5% → Reject/hold) | |||
| Presence of Floaters | <2–3% | |||
| Colour (shell & kernel) (Discolouration)(Dark kernel Delivery) | Shell: Brown to greyish-brown; Kernel: Creamy white to light yellow | |||
| Smell / Odour | No sour, rancid, or mouldy smell | |||
| Nut Size / Uniformity | Buyer specification, e.g. 18–22mm | |||
| Style 0 | Not applicable | |||
| Style 1 | 20mm round hole | |||
| Style 1S | 16mm round hole | |||
| Style 2 | Blend of a minimum of 50% Wholes and the remainder being mainly Halves | |||
| Style 3 | Blend of a minimum of 15% Wholes and the remainder being mainly Halves | |||
| Style 4 | 14mm round hole | |||
| Style 4L | Not applicable | |||
| Style 5 | 12mm round hole | |||
| Style 6 | 8mm round hole | |||
| Style 7 | 6mm round hole | |||
| Dust % | Not applicable | |||
| Shell | ||||
| Weight of product before drying | ||||
| Weight of product after drying | ||||
| Total Moisture loss | ||||