Copra quality and receiving guide
Articles for receiving staff, QC and raw-material buyers at coconut oil mills. They cover what to measure, what to record, and which source a figure comes from.
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Mould on copra: signs, causes, and accept or reject
Mould on copra for mill QC: the signs to record, the link to water, how published standards count mould, and a frame for accept, hold or reject.
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How to measure copra moisture: oven, meter and the sample
How to measure copra moisture at a mill: the oven, Brown-Duvel and meter methods, a worked calculation, rounding rules, and what to do when the results disagree.
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Copra quality standards: SNI, BAFS and PCA side by side
Copra quality standards compared: SNI 01-3946-1995, the Philippine BAFS bulletin, the PCA moisture order and a Kenyan draft, and why the figures do not match.
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Copra receiving on unloading day: weigh, foreign matter, mould
Copra receiving notes for mill store and QC staff: weighing, rating foreign matter and visible mould, keeping both apart from aflatoxin testing, and the hand-over.
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Copra sample trail: draw, seal, store and trace the sample
A guide for oil mill QC: how to draw and code a copra sample, split it three ways, keep a retained portion, and settle test results that disagree.
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Copra moisture at the receiving gate: measure, compare, decide
How mill receiving staff can handle copra moisture: the instrument, the gap to the COA, an example deduction band from the Philippines, and what to log.
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