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Quality standard for cocoa beans and cocoa products in Malaysian Cocoa Industry are based on standard released by Standards and Industrial Research Institute of Malaysia (SIRIM). The standard formulated by the Technical Committee on Cocoa and Cocoa Products comprise of representatives from Government Ministries and Agencies, trade, commerce and manufacturer associations and scientific and professional bodies. Malaysian Cocoa Board is the Chairman of the committee.

12 standards has been released, i.e.;

1

MS 230 : 2005

Method Of Sampling Cocoa

2

MS 293:2005 - ICS:67.140.30

Specification for Grading Malaysian Cocoa Beans

3 MS 467:1993 Specification for Cocoa (Theobroma Cacao L.) Seed for Planting (First Revision)

4 MS 871:2001 - ICS 67.140.30 Specification for Malaysian Cocoa Powder

5 MS 1118:1988 : UDC 663.918.1 Specification for Malaysian Cocoa Butter

6 MS 1119:1988 Method of Analysis of Malaysian Cocoa Powder and Malaysian Cocoa Butter

7 MS 1263:1992 Method of Sampling of Malaysian Cocoa Powder and Malaysian Cocoa Butter

8 MS 1376:1995 Specification For Cocoa Mas

9 MS 1383:1995 Specification for Cocoa (Theoborma cacao L. ) Clonal Material for Planting

10 MS 1715:2003 - ICS 67.190 Specification for Chocolate and Chocolate Products

11

MS 1782:2005

Chocolate Flavoured Confections - Specification

12 MS ISO 9002:1994 Quality Systems - Models for Quality Assurance in Production, Installation and Servicing (Second Edition)

The specification for grading of Malaysian Cocoa Beans is applied in the country for all beans to be exported. However, the other two specification are used as a quide and reference to the industry.

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