T/TFHT C002-2019 Sunflower Seed Product Standard

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Main Technical Content: 3.1 Sunflower Seeds The seeds of sunflowers, consisting of a seed coat (shell) and seed kernel, come in white, light gray, black, brown, or purple colors, with wide or narrow stripes or no stripes. 3.2 Sunflower Seed Kernels The seeds after shelling, consisting of the seed coat, two cotyledons, and the embryo. 3.3 Raw Sunflower Seeds Sunflower seeds that have undergone cleaning, screening, shelling, or drying but have not undergone heat processing. 3.4 Cooked Sunflower Seeds Products made from sunflower seeds as the main ingredient, with or without additives, through roasting, drying, baking, or other cooking processes. 3.5 Sprouted Yellow Kernels Sunflower seed kernels with light yellow particles on the surface. 3.6 Insect Damage Rate Particles with insect holes on the shell and damage to the seed kernels. 3.7 Moldy Kernels Sunflower seed kernels (excluding sprouted parts) that appear black, brown, or gray, or have a bitter taste when tasted. 3.8 Pure Kernel Rate The mass fraction of sunflower seed kernels after shelling (calculated by halving the fraction of imperfect kernels in the sample). 3.9 Imperfect Kernels Particles that are damaged but still have use value, including broken kernels, sprouted kernels, moldy kernels, insect-damaged kernels, diseased kernels, immature kernels, deformed kernels, and roasted kernels. 3.10 Broken Kernels Particles that are flattened or broken and damage the seed kernels. 3.11 Sprouted Kernels Particles with sprouted shoots or young roots breaking through the seed coat. 3.12 Diseased Kernels Particles with visible disease spots on the seed kernels. 3.13 Impurities Substances that do not meet specifications or have no use value, including the following: a) Sifted Materials: Substances that pass through a 3.5 mm diameter sieve. b) Inorganic Impurities: Soil, sand, bricks, tiles, and other materials. c) Organic Impurities: Unusable sunflower seeds, for

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