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What is PAS 234:2021 about?
Grains with increased mineral and vitamin content can improve nutrition and human health. PAS 234:2021 specifies requirements for testing and defining iron enriched bean and pearl millet grains that have been enhanced by conventional farming methods so that everyone in the value chain has a consistent tool for verifying and differentiating these grains.
Who is PAS 234:2021 for?
All entities, regardless of size, that are producing, procuring, processing, monitoring and selling iron enriched bean and pearl millet grains for human consumption. It can be used by the entire food supply chain and associated quality and compliance agencies including:
Procurers and processors of grain
Food manufacturers of any size and region
Public health nutritionists, government health departments and food standards agencies
Seed testing laboratories
Food retailers
This PAS is primarily aimed at developing countries in Africa, S and SE Asia.
What does PAS 234:2021 cover?
It specifies requirements for iron enriched bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) and pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum) intended as food for human consumption.
It includes requirements for:
Class levels of iron concentration
Sampling guidance
Packaging
Labelling
PAS 234:2021 applies only to iron enriched grain and bean produced from seed developed using breeding technologies or agronomic practices such as ferti...