Bolivia – IBNORCA publishes new drafts of Bolivian Standards on food

The Bolivian Institute of Standardization and Quality (IBNORCA in Spanish) has published a series of drafts of Bolivian Standards related to the food category.

  • APNB/ISO 712-1
    Cereals and cereal products – Determination of moisture content – Part 1: Reference method (Replaces and supersedes standard NB 712:2010). The document describes a routine reference method for determining the moisture content in cereals and cereal products. This document is applicable to wheat, rice (with husk, hulled and milled), barley, millet (Panicum miliaceum), rye, oats, triticale, sorghum in the form of whole grains, ground grains, semolina, or flour. The method is not applicable to corn or legumes. NOTE For the determination of moisture content in corn, see ISO Standard 6540[5]; for legumes, see ISO Standard 24557.

  • APNB/ISO 712-2
    Cereals and cereal products – Determination of moisture content – Part 2: Automatic drying oven method (Replaces and supersedes the NB/ISO 712:2010 standard). The document describes an automatic method to carry out the reference method (see ISO 712-1) for determining the moisture content in cereals and cereal products, using an automatic drying oven. This document is applicable to wheat, rice (with husk, husked, and milled), barley, millet (Panicum miliaceum), rye, oats, triticale, sorghum in the form of whole grains, ground grains, semolina, and flour. The method is not applicable to corn or legumes. NOTE For the determination of moisture content in corn, see ISO Standard 6540; and for legumes, see ISO Standard 24557.

  • APNB/IBNORCA 325001
    Non-alcoholic beverages – Requirements (Sixth revision) (Replaces and supersedes standard NB 325001:2024). This standard establishes the characteristics that non-alcoholic beverages must meet. This standard applies to all non-alcoholic beverages intended for human consumption. Non-alcoholic beverages do not include: a) juices or drinks based entirely on fruits or vegetables, sweetened or not, concentrated, frozen or thawed; b) liquid milk and dairy products including: creamless milk, yogurt, powdered milk, etc.; c) drinks based entirely on infusions, such as: tea, coffee, mate, cocoa, saffron, barks, sprouts, leaves; d) carbonated or non-carbonated table water; e) energy and hydration drinks; f) powdered soft drinks. This standard does not apply to non-alcoholic beverages that use mineral water as a raw material.

  • APNB/IBNORCA 325002
    Non-alcoholic beverages – Table water – Requirements (Fourth revision) (Replaces and supersedes NB 325002:2024). This standard establishes the characteristics and requirements that bottled table water, with or without gas, intended for human consumption must meet.