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MPM: V-3. Whole Grains and Pseudo-Grains

Macroanalytical Procedures Manual (MPM) Main Page

The Macroanalytical Procedures Manual (MPM) is revised as needed to update its content and incorporate new information. The MPM is updated cooperatively between FDA’s Office of Regulatory Affairs (ORA) and the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN). 

Please send feedbacks to the MPM Council at MPMCouncil@fda.hhs.gov. 

Versions

Version 2 - May 2021 (PDF) 

Version 1 - 1998 (available in the FDA.gov Web Archive) 

Note: The page number for this chapter in the original 1984 version of the MPM was V-15.

Contents

A. Method for Wheat, Corn, Popcorn Kernels, and Rice - Describes procedures for the determination of damage/adulteration in wheat, corn, and rice caused by rodents, insects, molds, and other defects.

B. Method for Other Grains - Other grains refer to the other food crops belonging to the Poaceae, which includes but is not limited to barley, oats, millet, sorghum, and wild rice (Matz 1959). Describe procedures for the determination of damage/adulteration in other grains.

C. Method for Pseudo-Grains - Describes procedures for the determination of damage/adulteration in pseudo-grains/pseudo-cereals caused by rodents, insects, molds, and other defects.

 
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